Integrate/mount backup from another pbs

[David G.]

Hello,
I have a pbs that backs up to an external SSD. The SSD is also defined as a removable storage device. Now I want to use the disk or backups on another pbs. When I add these under add datastore, an error occurs saying that the directory is not empty. Can't the disks be used on another system?

Background:
I have a NUC with a PVE and a PBS in a VM. As a backup, I have an old computer where PVE is also installed with a PBS. If the NUC breaks, I would like to connect the SSD to the PBS on the replacement computer and restore the backups.

 

[fabian]

your PBS needs to be recent enough, then there should be a "reuse existing" checkbox.

 

[David G.]

Ah, now I see it. In the expert settings....

Thank you

 

[David G.]

your PBS needs to be recent enough, then there should be a "reuse existing" checkbox.

I can now see all the backups in the pbs.

I have now integrated the datastore in the PVE. I can also see the storage usage of the SSD.
However, I can't see any backups...

Do I have to set the rights differently in the main pbs?

 

[fabian]

which user/token are you using to access from the PVE side? and which rights does this user/token have?

 

[David G.]

In my small setup I work with root@pam on all machines. I have never explicitly assigned rights.

Both PVE and PBS also have the same (different) passwords.

 

[fabian]

did you maybe forget to configure the namespace on the PVE side?

 

[David G.]

That's it.....It's inconvenient that when you select root it doesn't simply show everything you have rights to.