QEMU backup to PBS 4.1 fails with "POST /fixed_index: 400 Bad Request: EINVAL: Invalid argument" on all VMs

SoulOH

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Dec 7, 2025
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  • Environment:
    • PVE: 9.1.2 on node pve-jbc
    • PBS: 4.1.0 on Raspberry Pi 5 (raspberrypi5)
  • Local vzdump (to local storage) works fine.
  • proxmox-backup-client backup test.pxar from the PVE node to the same PBS datastore works fine.
  • But any VM backup (vzdump to PBS storage) fails with:
    • On PVE:
      • VM XXX qmp command 'backup' failed - backup register image failed: command error: EINVAL: Invalid argument
    • On PBS:
      • GET /previous: 400 Bad Request: no valid previous backup
      • POST /fixed_index: 400 Bad Request: EINVAL: Invalid argument
      • backup ended but finished state is not set.
  • This happens for all VMs, powered on or off.
  • I also tried creating a new minimal VM (raw disk on directory storage, no snapshots) and the same error occurs.
 

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