[SOLVED] PBS no longer working after upgrading host to PVE 7

[lukyjay]

Hi

I have Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) installed and upgraded to the PVE 7 BETA. I had Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) installed on the host but after the BETA upgrade it has stopped working.

It's still installed.

I think the service file is: /lib/systemd/system/proxmox-backup.service
which fails to run. I ran the command manually as root on the host:

root@pve1:~# /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/proxmox-backup/proxmox-backup-api

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/proxmox-backup/proxmox-backup-api: error while loading shared libraries: libsgutils2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Note that libsgutils2-2 is already the newest version (1.45-1).

I'm going to guess PBS is not compatible with Debian Bullseye, which is what PVE7 uses. Is there any workaround?

Thanks
Jayden

 

[grefabu]

To setup a new test machine?

I've upgrade an PVE/PBS test enviroment too and 've the same incidence.
Think we've to wait until the PBS is altough build for bullsey?

I hope it is only a test machine for you?

 

[tom]

If you install additional packages, you should check if these still works after you dist-upgrade - we mention this in our upgrade docs.

=> See https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Upgrade_from_6.x_to_7.0#Introduction

For now, you cannot run Proxmox Backup Server on Bullseye - in a few days we will release first public packages and then it start working again.

 

[lukyjay]

To setup a new test machine?

I've upgrade an PVE/PBS test enviroment too and 've the same incidence.
Think we've to wait until the PBS is altough build for bullsey?

I hope it is only a test machine for you?

Not a test machine, but I'm a home user so happy to go a while without new backups

If you install additional packages, you should check if these still works after you dist-upgrade - we mention this in our upgrade docs.

=> See https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Upgrade_from_6.x_to_7.0#Introduction

For now, you cannot run Proxmox Backup Server on Bullseye - in a few days we will release first public packages and then it start working again.

Awesome thank you. I'll wait for the next release!

 

[showiproute]

Same "pain" here

 

[showiproute]

@tom might there be some beta version ready to be tested?

 

[tom]

@tom might there be some beta version ready to be tested?

For now, you cannot run Proxmox Backup Server on Bullseye - in a few days we will release first public packages and then it start working again.

 

[bofh]

Directory /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
hardlink libsgutils2-1.45.so.2.0.0 to libsgutils2.so.2

pbs boots after that and seems to work, can some dev confirm this as solution workaround for now?

 

[t.lamprecht]

Directory /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
hardlink libsgutils2-1.45.so.2.0.0 to libsgutils2.so.2

pbs boots after that and seems to work, can some dev confirm this as solution ?

While it may seem to work it's rather unsupported and may break at will if you're a bit unlucky, library symbol-versioning and ABI bumps are done for a reason. Please wait the few days until official PBS packages are released for Bullseye instead, thanks!

 

[showiproute]

I agree to @t.lamprecht -> it's usually not always the best idead to play around with library linking

 

[bofh]

While it may seem to work it's rather unsupported and may break at will if you're a bit unlucky, library symbol-versioning and ABI bumps are done for a reason. Please wait the few days until official PBS packages are released for Bullseye instead, thanks!

waiting is not an option.
rather risk having broken backups than having no backups aka certainly no backups

backups runs trough, no errors so far, verify is ok too

 

[bofh]

I agree to @t.lamprecht -> it's usually not always the best idead to play around with library linking

never said its a good idea, but main version is still the same and hasnt change since 2018. and having a defunct pbs is even worse as having a halfway broken one:
question is what PBS does with the scsi tools. if its just to initialize storage or read out diskinfo then it should not affect operations.

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[jasonsansone]

waiting is not an option.

haha and waiting to install a full new release after letting others test it or reading all the release notes wasn't an option either. PBS incompatibility with PVE 7 has been known since the launch of the beta. Anyone coming here shocked and upset didn't do their own due diligence prior to upgrading.

 

[bofh]

haha and waiting to install a full new release after letting others test it or reading all the release notes wasn't an option either. PBS incompatibility with PVE 7 has been known since the launch of the beta. Anyone coming here shocked and upset didn't do their own due diligence prior to upgrading.

never claimed im shocked, i expected this before the upgrade and noone here is complaining, just looking for solutions.
there where other reasons behind the decision todo things the way they have been done, none of which i have to or will explain here.

but yea be condescending and blame people in this way, despite you know nothing about the why, how and who.
well done and very topic oriented, hope you feel proud of yourself now. now go back to your homelab and let grownups talk

 

[t.lamprecht]

Let's stop it here with off-topic talk now please, that does not help anybody.

FYI: The sgutils library is mainly for use with tape backup, so if you do not use tape drives/libraries you should be quite safe, but just for the record, that's still no encouragement to anybody else for upgrading if you have Proxmox VE and Proxmox Backup Server Co-installed directly on the same host (if PBS runs in a VM or CT that can be done just fine though).

 

[lukyjay]

Thank you tom and t.lamprecht, I have marked the thread as resolved.

Resolution: Issue is known and will be fixed in an upcoming update.

It's also worth noting that no one should update to beta releases if they can't afford downtime of some (or all) functions. While I did read through the wiki page for PVE7 and didn't see any notes on this, I might have missed it and like I said above, backups are not critical for me as a home user so I'm happy to wait

 

[bofh]

Let's stop it here with off-topic talk now please, that does not help anybody.

FYI: The sgutils library is mainly for use with tape backup, so if you do not use tape drives/libraries you should be quite safe, but just for the record, that's still no encouragement to anybody else for upgrading if you have Proxmox VE and Proxmox Backup Server Co-installed directly on the same host (if PBS runs in a VM or CT that can be done just fine though).

thanks lamprecht, thats what i wanted to know

 

[luk085]

Hello,
I've used https://pbs.proxmox.com/wiki/index.php/Upgrade_from_1.1_to_2.x to upgrade to 2.x and have the same problem with libsgutils2.so.2
Has the problem been resolved or need to wait for update?

Edit:
I found the solution. I added:

deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pbs bullseye pbs-no-subscription

to sources.list
No subscription sources.list is not mentioned in manual.

 

[t.lamprecht]

Yeah, without any PBS repository setup the update really cannot work.

No subscription sources.list is not mentioned in manual.

That's because they are not meant for production services, and we mention the enterprise repository clearly.
Also, as valid PBS package repositories are required to update the system to latest 1.1 anyway, the "replace buster with bullseye" command normally also provides one with a new valid Proxmox Backup Server repository even if one has no subscription.

Note, mostly for future readers, this thread was a result of Proxmox VE 7.0 being released earlier that Proxmox Backup Server 2.0; as that is now not the case any more, it's highly probably the wrong thread to reply. So please just open a new one.

 

[LongDono]

Hello,
I've used https://pbs.proxmox.com/wiki/index.php/Upgrade_from_1.1_to_2.x to upgrade to 2.x and have the same problem with libsgutils2.so.2
Has the problem been resolved or need to wait for update?

Edit:
I found the solution. I added:

deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pbs bullseye pbs-no-subscription

to sources.list
No subscription sources.list is not mentioned in manual.

Thank you. I upgraded today and the PBS GUI was no longer responding after restarting. After adding the missing source and installing the newly found updates, the issue was resolved. The upgrade document we followed should be updated to reflect this.