backup process tries to start a template resulting in an error

[RobFantini]

INFO: Starting Backup of VM 99000 (qemu)
INFO: Backup started at 2026-02-10 05:42:46
INFO: status = stopped
INFO: backup mode: stop
INFO: ionice priority: 7
INFO: VM Name: kvm-template-trixie
INFO: include disk 'scsi0' 'kvm2:base-99000-disk-0' 32G
INFO: creating vzdump archive '/backups/pve34-vz/dump/vzdump-qemu-99000-2026_02_10-05_42_46.vma.zst'
INFO: starting kvm to execute backup task
ERROR: start failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
INFO: aborting backup job
ERROR: VM 99000 not running
VM 99000 not running
ERROR: Backup of VM 99000 failed - start failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
INFO: Failed at 2026-02-10 05:44:11

boot: order=scsi0;ide2;net0
cores: 2
ide2: none,media=cdrom
memory: 4096
name: kvm-template-trixie
net0: virtio=BC:24:11:EC:72:87,bridge=vmbr3,firewall=1,mtu=1,tag=25
numa: 0
ostype: l26
protection: 1
scsi0: kvm2:base-99000-disk-0,discard=on,size=32G
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
smbios1: uuid=df109384-a34a-4dfe-adb9-187cec86ab54
sockets: 1
tags: 
template: 1
vmgenid: b60e2ca9-fbde-4a4e-92f3-2d09ec15a22c

 

[AfrodCZ]

Try:
qm start 99000

If not started, so you have problem system DBus

You can try restart services:
systemctl restart dbus
systemctl restart pvedaemon pveproxy pvestatd

 

[bbgeek17]

Try:
qm start 99000

You can't start a template via user interfaces.

ERROR: Backup of VM 99000 failed - start failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

Can you make sure that you are running the latest code? There were some issues around DBus that were fixed within the last month or so, if I recall correctly.

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[RobFantini]

Try:
qm start 99000

If not started, so you have problem system DBus

You can try restart services:
systemctl restart dbus
systemctl restart pvedaemon pveproxy pvestatd

thanks for the attempted help!

However this is a template.