Hello everyone,
I'm running into a strange issue, i'm trying to backup my VM's to a remote PBS, everything it's fine, except for 1 machine, here is the log
Please note that i have three istances of Alpine linux, all identical.... the other VM's backup just fine
i'm using PBS version 3.4.7, and i can't really find what's wrong with it.....
Anyone have some ideas? Consider that the same machine on a USB drive backup just fine.....
I'm running into a strange issue, i'm trying to backup my VM's to a remote PBS, everything it's fine, except for 1 machine, here is the log
Code:
100: 2025-10-28 00:50:37 INFO: Starting Backup of VM 100 (qemu)
100: 2025-10-28 00:50:37 INFO: status = running
100: 2025-10-28 00:50:37 INFO: VM Name: Alpine1-Headless-Docker-Server
100: 2025-10-28 00:50:37 INFO: include disk 'sata0' 'local-lvm:vm-100-disk-0' 20G
100: 2025-10-28 00:50:37 INFO: backup mode: snapshot
100: 2025-10-28 00:50:37 INFO: ionice priority: 7
100: 2025-10-28 00:50:37 INFO: creating Proxmox Backup Server archive 'vm/100/2025-10-27T23:50:37Z'
100: 2025-10-28 00:50:37 INFO: enabling encryption
100: 2025-10-28 00:50:37 INFO: issuing guest-agent 'fs-freeze' command
100: 2025-10-28 00:50:57 INFO: issuing guest-agent 'fs-thaw' command
100: 2025-10-28 00:50:57 ERROR: VM 100 qmp command 'backup' failed - backup connect failed: command error: client error (Connect)
100: 2025-10-28 00:50:57 INFO: aborting backup job
100: 2025-10-28 00:50:57 INFO: resuming VM again
100: 2025-10-28 00:50:57 ERROR: Backup of VM 100 failed - VM 100 qmp command 'backup' failed - backup connect failed: command error: client error (Connect)
Please note that i have three istances of Alpine linux, all identical.... the other VM's backup just fine
Code:
101: 2025-10-28 00:50:57 INFO: Starting Backup of VM 101 (qemu)
101: 2025-10-28 00:50:57 INFO: status = running
101: 2025-10-28 00:50:57 INFO: VM Name: Alpine2-Headless-Docker-Server
101: 2025-10-28 00:50:57 INFO: include disk 'sata0' 'local-lvm:vm-101-disk-0' 70G
101: 2025-10-28 00:50:57 INFO: backup mode: snapshot
101: 2025-10-28 00:50:57 INFO: ionice priority: 7
101: 2025-10-28 00:50:57 INFO: creating Proxmox Backup Server archive 'vm/101/2025-10-27T23:50:57Z'
101: 2025-10-28 00:50:57 INFO: enabling encryption
101: 2025-10-28 00:50:58 INFO: issuing guest-agent 'fs-freeze' command
101: 2025-10-28 00:50:58 INFO: issuing guest-agent 'fs-thaw' command
101: 2025-10-28 00:50:59 INFO: started backup task '249cfccf-ea3a-4e11-9948-62f903625f9a'
101: 2025-10-28 00:50:59 INFO: resuming VM again
101: 2025-10-28 00:50:59 INFO: sata0: dirty-bitmap status: created new
101: 2025-10-28 00:51:02 INFO: 0% (236.0 MiB of 70.0 GiB) in 3s, read: 78.7 MiB/s, write: 78.7 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:51:07 INFO: 1% (748.0 MiB of 70.0 GiB) in 8s, read: 102.4 MiB/s, write: 102.4 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:51:16 INFO: 2% (1.4 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 17s, read: 76.4 MiB/s, write: 76.4 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:51:25 INFO: 3% (2.2 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 26s, read: 85.8 MiB/s, write: 85.8 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:51:35 INFO: 4% (2.9 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 36s, read: 72.0 MiB/s, write: 72.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:51:50 INFO: 5% (3.5 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 51s, read: 46.7 MiB/s, write: 45.1 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:52:06 INFO: 6% (4.2 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 1m 7s, read: 42.5 MiB/s, write: 42.5 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:52:20 INFO: 7% (4.9 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 1m 21s, read: 51.4 MiB/s, write: 51.4 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:52:36 INFO: 8% (5.7 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 1m 37s, read: 47.5 MiB/s, write: 46.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:52:50 INFO: 9% (6.3 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 1m 51s, read: 48.6 MiB/s, write: 48.6 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:53:05 INFO: 10% (7.0 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 2m 6s, read: 48.3 MiB/s, write: 48.3 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:53:21 INFO: 11% (7.7 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 2m 22s, read: 44.0 MiB/s, write: 42.8 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:53:38 INFO: 12% (8.4 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 2m 39s, read: 42.6 MiB/s, write: 42.6 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:53:57 INFO: 13% (9.2 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 2m 58s, read: 39.6 MiB/s, write: 39.6 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:54:10 INFO: 14% (9.8 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 3m 11s, read: 53.2 MiB/s, write: 52.3 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:54:24 INFO: 15% (10.5 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 3m 25s, read: 50.0 MiB/s, write: 50.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:54:39 INFO: 16% (11.2 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 3m 40s, read: 48.8 MiB/s, write: 48.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:54:48 INFO: 17% (11.9 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 3m 49s, read: 80.4 MiB/s, write: 80.4 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:55:13 INFO: 18% (12.6 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 4m 14s, read: 27.4 MiB/s, write: 27.4 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:55:34 INFO: 19% (13.3 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 4m 35s, read: 36.4 MiB/s, write: 35.4 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:55:46 INFO: 20% (14.1 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 4m 47s, read: 61.7 MiB/s, write: 61.7 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:56:00 INFO: 21% (14.8 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 5m 1s, read: 50.6 MiB/s, write: 50.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:56:14 INFO: 22% (15.4 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 5m 15s, read: 48.9 MiB/s, write: 46.6 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:56:32 INFO: 23% (16.1 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 5m 33s, read: 40.0 MiB/s, write: 38.4 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:56:44 INFO: 24% (16.8 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 5m 45s, read: 59.0 MiB/s, write: 59.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:56:56 INFO: 25% (17.5 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 5m 57s, read: 57.7 MiB/s, write: 56.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:57:11 INFO: 26% (18.2 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 6m 12s, read: 50.1 MiB/s, write: 50.1 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:57:30 INFO: 27% (19.0 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 6m 31s, read: 40.0 MiB/s, write: 40.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:57:42 INFO: 28% (19.6 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 6m 43s, read: 54.0 MiB/s, write: 54.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:57:58 INFO: 29% (20.3 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 6m 59s, read: 45.8 MiB/s, write: 45.2 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:58:20 INFO: 30% (21.0 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 7m 21s, read: 32.0 MiB/s, write: 32.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:58:33 INFO: 31% (21.7 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 7m 34s, read: 54.5 MiB/s, write: 53.5 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:58:49 INFO: 32% (22.4 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 7m 50s, read: 44.8 MiB/s, write: 43.8 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:59:04 INFO: 33% (23.2 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 8m 5s, read: 53.1 MiB/s, write: 51.2 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:59:16 INFO: 34% (23.9 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 8m 17s, read: 58.7 MiB/s, write: 58.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:59:35 INFO: 35% (24.5 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 8m 36s, read: 34.3 MiB/s, write: 34.3 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 00:59:47 INFO: 36% (25.2 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 8m 48s, read: 61.7 MiB/s, write: 59.7 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:00:16 INFO: 37% (26.0 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 9m 17s, read: 26.1 MiB/s, write: 26.1 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:00:30 INFO: 38% (26.7 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 9m 31s, read: 50.6 MiB/s, write: 41.1 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:00:48 INFO: 39% (27.3 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 9m 49s, read: 38.2 MiB/s, write: 36.7 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:00:58 INFO: 40% (28.0 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 9m 59s, read: 70.8 MiB/s, write: 69.6 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:01:19 INFO: 41% (28.7 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 10m 20s, read: 35.2 MiB/s, write: 35.2 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:01:35 INFO: 42% (29.4 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 10m 36s, read: 44.5 MiB/s, write: 43.8 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:02:01 INFO: 43% (30.1 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 11m 2s, read: 26.8 MiB/s, write: 26.8 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:02:18 INFO: 44% (30.8 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 11m 19s, read: 41.9 MiB/s, write: 41.6 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:02:33 INFO: 45% (31.6 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 11m 34s, read: 51.2 MiB/s, write: 50.4 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:02:49 INFO: 46% (32.2 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 11m 50s, read: 41.5 MiB/s, write: 40.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:03:06 INFO: 47% (32.9 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 12m 7s, read: 41.9 MiB/s, write: 40.5 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:03:27 INFO: 48% (33.7 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 12m 28s, read: 37.7 MiB/s, write: 37.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:03:44 INFO: 49% (34.3 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 12m 45s, read: 39.5 MiB/s, write: 39.5 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:04:03 INFO: 50% (35.0 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 13m 4s, read: 37.7 MiB/s, write: 37.5 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:04:24 INFO: 51% (35.8 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 13m 25s, read: 35.6 MiB/s, write: 33.7 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:04:45 INFO: 52% (36.5 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 13m 46s, read: 34.1 MiB/s, write: 33.3 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:05:07 INFO: 53% (37.1 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 14m 8s, read: 29.6 MiB/s, write: 24.5 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:05:27 INFO: 54% (37.8 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 14m 28s, read: 36.0 MiB/s, write: 35.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:05:45 INFO: 55% (38.5 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 14m 46s, read: 40.4 MiB/s, write: 36.4 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:06:14 INFO: 56% (39.2 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 15m 15s, read: 24.4 MiB/s, write: 24.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:06:30 INFO: 57% (40.0 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 15m 31s, read: 49.2 MiB/s, write: 49.2 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:06:53 INFO: 58% (40.7 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 15m 54s, read: 30.3 MiB/s, write: 27.3 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:07:16 INFO: 59% (41.3 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 16m 17s, read: 29.9 MiB/s, write: 29.4 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:07:38 INFO: 60% (42.0 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 16m 39s, read: 33.3 MiB/s, write: 33.1 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:07:58 INFO: 61% (42.7 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 16m 59s, read: 34.4 MiB/s, write: 27.8 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:08:12 INFO: 62% (43.4 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 17m 13s, read: 50.6 MiB/s, write: 36.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:08:34 INFO: 63% (44.2 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 17m 35s, read: 35.8 MiB/s, write: 34.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:09:02 INFO: 64% (44.8 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 18m 3s, read: 24.4 MiB/s, write: 24.4 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:09:30 INFO: 65% (45.5 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 18m 31s, read: 24.6 MiB/s, write: 24.1 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:09:57 INFO: 66% (46.2 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 18m 58s, read: 26.5 MiB/s, write: 26.5 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:10:26 INFO: 67% (46.9 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 19m 27s, read: 25.1 MiB/s, write: 25.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:10:45 INFO: 68% (47.6 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 19m 46s, read: 38.7 MiB/s, write: 38.1 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:10:56 INFO: 69% (48.3 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 19m 57s, read: 64.4 MiB/s, write: 60.4 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:11:18 INFO: 70% (49.1 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 20m 19s, read: 33.6 MiB/s, write: 33.3 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:11:37 INFO: 71% (49.8 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 20m 38s, read: 37.7 MiB/s, write: 35.8 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:11:47 INFO: 72% (50.4 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 20m 48s, read: 68.8 MiB/s, write: 50.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:11:56 INFO: 73% (51.1 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 20m 57s, read: 80.0 MiB/s, write: 59.1 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:12:11 INFO: 74% (52.0 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 21m 12s, read: 56.5 MiB/s, write: 44.8 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:12:19 INFO: 75% (52.5 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 21m 20s, read: 73.5 MiB/s, write: 50.5 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:12:30 INFO: 76% (53.2 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 21m 31s, read: 63.3 MiB/s, write: 60.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:12:42 INFO: 77% (53.9 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 21m 43s, read: 62.0 MiB/s, write: 55.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:12:51 INFO: 78% (54.7 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 21m 52s, read: 83.6 MiB/s, write: 52.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:13:05 INFO: 79% (55.3 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 22m 6s, read: 46.3 MiB/s, write: 43.7 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:13:24 INFO: 80% (56.0 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 22m 25s, read: 37.3 MiB/s, write: 37.1 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:13:40 INFO: 81% (56.7 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 22m 41s, read: 47.8 MiB/s, write: 41.2 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:13:54 INFO: 82% (57.4 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 22m 55s, read: 49.4 MiB/s, write: 34.9 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:14:12 INFO: 83% (58.1 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 23m 13s, read: 40.4 MiB/s, write: 31.6 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:14:28 INFO: 84% (58.9 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 23m 29s, read: 51.0 MiB/s, write: 30.8 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:14:44 INFO: 85% (59.5 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 23m 45s, read: 37.0 MiB/s, write: 30.5 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:15:14 INFO: 86% (60.3 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 24m 15s, read: 25.6 MiB/s, write: 25.6 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:15:52 INFO: 87% (60.9 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 24m 53s, read: 18.6 MiB/s, write: 18.6 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:16:26 INFO: 88% (61.6 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 25m 27s, read: 19.6 MiB/s, write: 18.8 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:16:55 INFO: 89% (62.3 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 25m 56s, read: 25.1 MiB/s, write: 25.1 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:17:27 INFO: 90% (63.0 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 26m 28s, read: 23.1 MiB/s, write: 22.2 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:17:48 INFO: 91% (63.7 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 26m 49s, read: 34.5 MiB/s, write: 34.3 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:18:14 INFO: 92% (64.4 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 27m 15s, read: 27.5 MiB/s, write: 26.6 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:18:41 INFO: 93% (65.1 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 27m 42s, read: 25.3 MiB/s, write: 24.3 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:19:04 INFO: 94% (65.9 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 28m 5s, read: 33.4 MiB/s, write: 31.5 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:19:21 INFO: 95% (66.5 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 28m 22s, read: 40.5 MiB/s, write: 39.5 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:19:46 INFO: 96% (67.2 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 28m 47s, read: 28.5 MiB/s, write: 27.0 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:20:04 INFO: 97% (68.0 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 29m 5s, read: 42.0 MiB/s, write: 30.9 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:20:12 INFO: 98% (68.7 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 29m 13s, read: 99.5 MiB/s, write: 43.5 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:20:31 INFO: 99% (69.3 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 29m 32s, read: 32.6 MiB/s, write: 29.3 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:20:58 INFO: 100% (70.0 GiB of 70.0 GiB) in 29m 59s, read: 24.7 MiB/s, write: 24.6 MiB/s
101: 2025-10-28 01:21:00 INFO: backup is sparse: 716.00 MiB (0%) total zero data
101: 2025-10-28 01:21:00 INFO: backup was done incrementally, reused 4.31 GiB (6%)
101: 2025-10-28 01:21:00 INFO: transferred 70.00 GiB in 1801 seconds (39.8 MiB/s)
101: 2025-10-28 01:21:00 INFO: adding notes to backup
101: 2025-10-28 01:21:00 INFO: Finished Backup of VM 101 (00:30:03)
i'm using PBS version 3.4.7, and i can't really find what's wrong with it.....
Anyone have some ideas? Consider that the same machine on a USB drive backup just fine.....
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