[SOLVED] Monthly Proxmox Backup Schedule Question

[Deleted member 146970]

Hello Proxmox community,

I had a question:

Is it possible to schedule monthly backups using the GUI interface "schedule" drop down menu?

For example, I tried just using a custom text of: Sat *-1..7 15:00

But receives error:

"Parameter verification failed. (400)

schedule: invalid format - invalid calendar event 'Sat *-1..7 15:00' - date specification not implemented at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/CalendarEvent.pm line 126.

If it is possible, what would be the correct syntax?

I am running the latest version of proxmox and packages. I also tried using Normalized form: Sat *-*-01..07 15:00:00

Thank you!

Link to my original discussion: https://old.reddit.com/r/Proxmox/comments/u5s7qn/monthly_proxmox_backup_schedule_question/


Versioning:

proxmox-ve: 7.1-1 (running kernel: 5.13.19-2-pve)
pve-manager: 7.1-7 (running version: 7.1-7/df5740ad)
pve-kernel-helper: 7.1-6
pve-kernel-5.13: 7.1-5
pve-kernel-5.13.19-2-pve: 5.13.19-4
ceph-fuse: 15.2.15-pve1
corosync: 3.1.5-pve2
criu: 3.15-1+pve-1
glusterfs-client: 9.2-1
ifupdown2: 3.1.0-1+pmx3
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-1
libknet1: 1.22-pve2
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.0
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.2.0-1
libpve-access-control: 7.1-5
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.2-1
libpve-common-perl: 7.0-14
libpve-guest-common-perl: 4.0-3
libpve-http-server-perl: 4.0-4
libpve-storage-perl: 7.0-15
libspice-server1: 0.14.3-2.1
lvm2: 2.03.11-2.1
lxc-pve: 4.0.11-1
lxcfs: 4.0.11-pve1
novnc-pve: 1.2.0-3
proxmox-backup-client: 2.1.2-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 2.1.2-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.3-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 3.4-4
pve-cluster: 7.1-2
pve-container: 4.1-2
pve-docs: 7.1-2
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20210831-2
pve-firewall: 4.2-5
pve-firmware: 3.3-3
pve-ha-manager: 3.3-1
pve-i18n: 2.6-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 6.1.0-3
pve-xtermjs: 4.12.0-1
qemu-server: 7.1-4
smartmontools: 7.2-1
spiceterm: 3.2-2
swtpm: 0.7.0~rc1+2
vncterm: 1.7-1
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.1-pve3

 

[Spirog]

maybe try

sat *-1..7 15:00

small caps = sat
here you have CAP = Sat *-1..7 15:00

 

[Deleted member 146970]

maybe try

sat *-1..7 15:00

small caps = sat
here you have CAP = Sat *-1..7 15:00

Hi Spirog, lowercase gives me the same error

 

[Spirog]

Hi Spirog, lowercase gives me the same error

Can you set any other time from dropdown do they all give this error ?

 

[Spirog]

Hi Spirog, lowercase gives me the same error

Also can you update proxmox to latest
pve-manager: 7.1-7
I have pve-manager 7.1-12
So your behind a little possibly that might be a hiccup in that version ?

 

[Deleted member 146970]

Also can you update proxmox to latest
pve-manager: 7.1-7
I have pve-manager 7.1-12
So your behind a little possibly that might be a hiccup in that version ?

ah dang, that was it!!!

Thank you very much Spirog!!!

 

[Spirog]

Great so it work

ah dang, that was it!!!

Thank you very much Spirog!!!

Great that’s awesome. It works now. I’m glad. Can you mark this as solved. You can edit the title and select solved. have a great day
Kind regards,
Spiro

 

[Deleted member 146970]

Great so it work

Great that’s awesome. It works now. I’m glad. Can you mark this as solved. You can edit the title and select solved. have a great day
Kind regards,
Spiro

Certainly! Have a good rest of the day!!