[bug] VMs and backups malfunction when ISO is missing from "CD/DVD" drive

pmra

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Dec 10, 2023
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Just found out tonight:
Despite a fully functional "Hard Disk" attached a VM refuses to start* simply for the ISO configured for CD/DVD missing. That's surely neither expected nor desirable behavior.
Backup doesn't work** as well (log doesn't say so but there's no *.vma*).


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Virtual Environment 8.2.4
Virtual Machine 105 (somename) on node 'proxmox'
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TASK ERROR: volume 'local:iso/somename.iso' does not exist


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Header
Virtual Environment 8.2.4
Virtual Machine 105 (somename) on node 'proxmox'
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Logs
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INFO: starting new backup job: vzdump 105 --compress zstd --fleecing 0 --notes-template '{{guestname}}' --quiet 1 --prune-backups 'keep-last=2' --mode stop --storage local
INFO: Starting Backup of VM 105 (qemu)
INFO: Backup started at 2025-01-23 22:00:02
INFO: status = running
INFO: backup mode: stop
INFO: ionice priority: 7
INFO: VM Name: ipfire-1
INFO: include disk 'scsi0' 'local-lvm2:vm-105-disk-0' 128G
INFO: stopping virtual guest
INFO: snapshots found (not included into backup)
INFO: creating vzdump archive '/var/lib/vz/dump/vzdump-qemu-105-2025_01_23-22_00_02.vma.zst'
INFO: starting kvm to execute backup task
INFO: restarting vm
INFO: volume 'local:iso/ipfire-2.29-core184-x86_64.iso' does not exist
command 'qm start 105 --skiplock' failed: exit code 255
ERROR: Backup of VM 105 failed - volume 'local:iso/somename.iso' does not exist
INFO: Failed at 2025-01-23 22:00:50
INFO: Backup job finished with errors
INFO: notified via target `email`
TASK ERROR: job errors
 
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