Proxmox Error When Taking a Snapshot or when PBS-Backup Is Used

[theprez1980]

PVE Version 8.4.1
VM in Question - Debian 12 with QEMU-Guest-Agent installed and running as shown via systemctl status qemu-guest-agent

When backing up, I get this error in the log:

INFO: skipping guest-agent 'fs-freeze', agent configured but not running?

However, running this command from the host manually to the VM works as expected:

qm agent 101 fsfreeze-freeze or qm agent 101 fsfreeze-thaw

It appears for some reason, like it is not adding the -freeze or -thaw and in turn, generating that error.

Is my understanding correct, how do I resolve this?

Thanks

 

[Impact]

Can you please share the backup log and pictures of the VM's Options and Summary tabs?

 

[fiona]

Hi,
also, what kind of backup mode are you using? For suspend mode for VMs, it's known to be broken, you should always prefer snapshot mode for VMs.

 

[theprez1980]

Hi,
also, what kind of backup mode are you using? For suspend mode for VMs, it's known to be broken, you should always prefer snapshot mode for VMs.

Oh... I wasn't aware of that... it was indeed set to suspend. I'll change it to snapshot and see if the error persists.

If it does, I'll provide the requested images also @Impact

Thanks