Proxmox VM backup and restore

Man67

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As noted in the doc, I connected the store to store2. I made a backup of VM 220 in snapshot mode. On the backup server, I received a save as in picture 1. When I go to the backup section for VM 220, the backup storage is empty. If I go to the storage store2 , I see the saves as in picture 2, but I cannot restore them. What am I doing wrong ?
 

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What's the error you get when trying to restore the VM?
Also please provide the output of pveversion -v as well as proxmox-backup-manager versions --verbose
 
What's the error you get when trying to restore the VM?
Also please provide the output of pveversion -v as well as proxmox-backup-manager versions --verbose
no error. I just press the restore button and nothing happens. Perhaps this is due to the fact that my ProxMox VE 3.6.3 does not know PBS type of storage as for some reason.
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root@PXD:~# pveversion
pve-manager/6.3-6/2184247e (running kernel: 5.4.106-1-pve)
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root@bkpsrv:~# proxmox-backup-manager versions --verbose
Error: no such command 'versions'
 
The proxmox-backup-manager binary only exists on the PBS. Please run it there.
And please provide the output of pveversion -v.
 
The proxmox-backup-manager binary only exists on the PBS. Please run it there.
And please provide the output of pveversion -v.
root@PXD:~# pveversion -v
proxmox-ve: 6.3-1 (running kernel: 5.4.106-1-pve)
pve-manager: 6.3-6 (running version: 6.3-6/2184247e)
pve-kernel-5.4: 6.3-8
pve-kernel-helper: 6.3-8
pve-kernel-5.3: 6.1-6
pve-kernel-5.4.106-1-pve: 5.4.106-1
pve-kernel-5.3.18-3-pve: 5.3.18-3
pve-kernel-5.3.13-1-pve: 5.3.13-1
pve-kernel-5.3.10-1-pve: 5.3.10-1
ceph-fuse: 12.2.11+dfsg1-2.1+b1
corosync: 3.1.0-pve1
criu: 3.11-3
glusterfs-client: 5.5-3
ifupdown: 0.8.35+pve1
ksm-control-daemon: 1.3-1
libjs-extjs: 6.0.1-10
libknet1: 1.20-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.0.8
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.0.3-1
libpve-access-control: 6.1-3
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.1-3
libpve-common-perl: 6.3-5
libpve-guest-common-perl: 3.1-5
libpve-http-server-perl: 3.1-1
libpve-storage-perl: 6.3-7
libqb0: 1.0.5-1
libspice-server1: 0.14.2-4~pve6+1
lvm2: 2.03.02-pve4
lxc-pve: 4.0.6-2
lxcfs: 4.0.6-pve1
novnc-pve: 1.1.0-1
proxmox-backup-client: 1.0.11-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.1-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 2.4-9
pve-cluster: 6.2-1
pve-container: 3.3-4
pve-docs: 6.3-1
pve-edk2-firmware: 2.20200531-1
pve-firewall: 4.1-3
pve-firmware: 3.2-2
pve-ha-manager: 3.1-1
pve-i18n: 2.2-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 5.2.0-4
pve-xtermjs: 4.7.0-3
qemu-server: 6.3-8
smartmontools: 7.2-pve2
spiceterm: 3.1-1
vncterm: 1.6-2
zfsutils-linux: 2.0.4-pve1
 
The proxmox-backup-manager binary only exists on the PBS. Please run it there.
And please provide the output of pveversion -v.
Yes, of course I ran the command on the Proxmox backup server ;) here is the full listing. Unfortunately, I did not find the "version" there.
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root@bkpsrv:~# proxmox-backup-manager versions --verbose
Error: no such command 'versions'

Usage:

proxmox-backup-manager acl list [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager acl update <path> <role> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager cert info
proxmox-backup-manager cert update [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager datastore create <name> <path> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager datastore list [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager datastore remove <name> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager datastore show <name> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager datastore update <name> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager disk fs create <name> --disk <string> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager disk fs list [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager disk initialize <disk> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager disk list [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager disk smart-attributes <disk> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager disk zpool create <name> --devices <string> --raidlevel <string> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager disk zpool list [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager dns get [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager dns set [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager garbage-collection start <store> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager garbage-collection status <store> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager help [{<command>}] [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager network changes
proxmox-backup-manager network create <iface> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager network list [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager network reload
proxmox-backup-manager network remove <iface> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager network revert
proxmox-backup-manager network update <iface> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager pull <remote> <remote-store> <local-store> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager remote create <name> --auth-id <string> --host <string> --password <string> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager remote list [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager remote remove <name> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager remote show <name> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager remote update <name> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager report
proxmox-backup-manager subscription get [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager subscription remove
proxmox-backup-manager subscription set <key>
proxmox-backup-manager subscription update [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager sync-job create <id> --remote <string> --remote-store <string> --store <string> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager sync-job list [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager sync-job remove <id> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager sync-job show <id> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager sync-job update <id> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager task list [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager task log <upid>
proxmox-backup-manager task stop <upid>
proxmox-backup-manager user create <userid> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager user delete-token <userid> <tokenname> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager user generate-token <userid> <tokenname> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager user list [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager user list-tokens <userid> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager user permissions <auth-id> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager user remove <userid> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager user update <userid> [OPTIONS]
proxmox-backup-manager verify <store> [OPTIONS]
 
Looks like your PBS version is too old. Please consider upgrading it to the latest version.
 
The proxmox-backup-manager binary only exists on the PBS. Please run it there.
And please provide the output of pveversion -v.

Perhaps the problem is related to this. VM 220 is on "that" PVE.
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/adding-pbs-storage-from-gui.86820/
Looks like your PBS version is too old. Please consider upgrading it to the latest version.
I have Backup Server 1.0-1, downloaded yesterday from official site ... What version more fresh?
 
Take a look at the docs: https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/
There you find instructions on how to configure the pbs-no-subscription repository if you don't have a subscription.
Afterwards it is as simple as running apt update followed by apt full-upgrade and a reboot.
 
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