rrd update failed in syslog

mike2012

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i get many entrys like

proxmox-backup-proxy[1925]: rrd update failed: time in past (1669885134.6358275 < 161669188703.23666)

first number (1669885134.6358275) counting up, second (161669188703.23666) not changing.

using a mixed system -- backupserver installed on proxmoxpve ( same configuration and package doesnt show any errors )

Package Version:
proxmox-backup: not correctly installed (running kernel: 5.15.74-1-pve)
proxmox-backup-server: 2.3.1-1 (running version: 2.3.1)
pve-kernel-5.15: 7.2-14 pve-kernel-helper: 7.2-14
pve-kernel-5.13: 7.1-9 pve-kernel-5.11: 7.0-10
pve-kernel-5.15.74-1-pve: 5.15.74-1
pve-kernel-5.15.60-2-pve: 5.15.60-2
pve-kernel-5.13.19-6-pve: 5.13.19-15
pve-kernel-5.13.19-2-pve: 5.13.19-4
pve-kernel-5.11.22-7-pve: 5.11.22-12
pve-kernel-5.11.22-4-pve: 5.11.22-9
ifupdown2: 3.1.0-1+pmx3
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-1
proxmox-backup-docs: 2.3.1-1
proxmox-backup-client: 2.3.1-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.3-1
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper: 0.5.0-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 3.5.3 pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-1
smartmontools: 7.2-pve3 zfsutils-linux: 2.1.6-pve1
 
Please make sure that `proxmox-backup` is installed correctly: `apt -f install` or `apt install proxmox-backup`

The error means that the last update to the rrd data was in the future.
Make sure that you have an NTP client installed and running (chrony is the default in PVE 7). This should take care of synchronizing time.
 
Updates OK

chronyc tracking:

Reference ID : C3C91410 (static.16.20.201.195.clients.your-server.de)
Stratum : 3
Ref time (UTC) : Fri Dec 02 07:26:35 2022
System time : 0.000252373 seconds fast of NTP time
Last offset : +0.000482281 seconds
RMS offset : 0.000482281 seconds
Frequency : 6.616 ppm fast
Residual freq : +9.581 ppm
Skew : 0.194 ppm
Root delay : 0.036669310 seconds
Root dispersion : 0.038335513 seconds
Update interval : 65.3 seconds
Leap status : Normal


syslog :

Dec 02 08:28:15 pve0921 proxmox-backup-proxy[1874]: rrd update failed: time in past (1669966095.3714235 < 161669188703.23666)
Dec 02 08:28:25 pve0921 proxmox-backup-proxy[1874]: rrd update failed: time in past (1669966105.3732069 < 161669188703.23666)
Dec 02 08:28:35 pve0921 proxmox-backup-proxy[1874]: rrd update failed: time in past (1669966115.3745265 < 161669188703.23666)
Dec 02 08:28:44 pve0921 chronyd[1814]: Selected source 78.41.116.113 (0.at.pool.ntp.org)
Dec 02 08:28:45 pve0921 proxmox-backup-proxy[1874]: rrd update failed: time in past (1669966125.3756611 < 161669188703.23666)
Dec 02 08:28:55 pve0921 proxmox-backup-proxy[1874]: rrd update failed: time in past (1669966135.3770475 < 161669188703.23666)
Dec 02 08:29:05 pve0921 proxmox-backup-proxy[1874]: rrd update failed: time in past (1669966145.3783002 < 161669188703.23666)


161669188703.23666 seems to be extremely wrong