[SOLVED] Proxmox host backup fails, which logs to check?

[enoch85]

I recently redesigned my backup infrastructure so that everything goes directly to PBS. That includes two host backups, all my laptops + desk PCs, and all the VMs on both of the Proxmox hosts.

All is working fine except one of the host backups. It starts, but never finishes, and I can see activity around the first 20 seconds, then it just stops. Last night it ran for 24 hours without any progress after 17 seconds. The other host backup runs without any issues with the same setup except for the IP adress (they use a DAC for backups).

So question is, which logs should I look in to have a clue what's going on?

Thanks!

 

[enoch85]

Here are output from the `active` log:

UPID:proxmox-backup-server:000007C5:00000D7B:00000054:6638CF10:backup:HOSTS\x3ahost-proxmox01:root@pam:

And this is how the job looks like:

#!/bin/bash

# proxmox-backup-client
export PBS_PASSWORD=qwerty1234 (no, not really)
proxmox-backup-client backup root.pxar:/ --repository 192.168.1.22:HOSTS --ns Proxmox-LARGE --exclude /var/log --include-dev /etc/pve
proxmox-backup-client prune host/proxmox01 --repository 192.168.1.22:HOSTS --ns Proxmox-LARGE --keep-daily 7 --keep-weekly 1 --keep-monthly 12
unset PBS_PASSWORD

And here's one of the failed attempts, I stopped it manually:



Any clues?

 

[enoch85]

Well this is embarrassing. Rebooted the PVE host, and voila!