Scheduled backup failing

alex3137

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Hello.

I have a partition for backups but it is not large enough for two copies of each VM. I set Max Backup = 1 in the storage options to prevent that.

Proxmox tries to create a new archive and then delete the old one for a scheduled backup. It fails when there is no enough storage available to create a second archive for a VM that had a backup previously created.

Is it be possible to change this order so it deletes the old backup first and then create a new one ?

Thanks :)
 
What is the point of having backups? In this scenario, you want to automatically delete your ONLY backup?
 
Yes, I want to delete the old backup to be able to create a newer version. Backups are then transferred to another server every week.
 
Yes, I want to delete the old backup to be able to create a newer version. Backups are then transferred to another server every week.

Deleting the only existing backup before creating a new one is a disaster waiting to happen. You might as well only backup once a week and delete this backup after transferring it to your other server.
 
I considered it but some VMs are quite large and will take some time to transfer it from a server to the other. Whereas if I have a local copy I can restore it quickly so I would like to avoid deleting the backup after the transfer.
 

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