--tmpdir /var/lib/vz/vztmp does not work!

[tmikaeld]

The directory remains empty during the backup, it only contains:

/vzdumptmp17739/etc/vzdump/pct.conf
/vzdumptmp17739/etc/vzdump/pct.fw

Why?

EDIT: Enabling pigz is also ignored in the conf file. (Yes it's installed)

 

[dcsapak]

how does your /etc/vzdump.conf look like
also what is the exact command line which you call for the backup?

 

[tmikaeld]

how does your /etc/vzdump.conf look like
also what is the exact command line which you call for the backup?

INFO: starting new backup job: vzdump 101 --mode snapshot --remove 0 --compress 0 --storage diskTwo --node server3
INFO: filesystem type on dumpdir is 'zfs' -using /var/tmp/vzdumptmp12661 for temporary files

I also tried with --tmpdir switch but the result is the same.

My pveversion -v:

proxmox-ve: 4.1-39 (running kernel: 4.2.8-1-pve)
pve-manager: 4.2-5 (running version: 4.2-5/7cf09667)
pve-kernel-4.2.6-1-pve: 4.2.6-36
pve-kernel-4.2.8-1-pve: 4.2.8-41
lvm2: 2.02.116-pve2
corosync-pve: 2.4.0-1
libqb0: 1.0-1
pve-cluster: 4.0-33
qemu-server: 4.0-85
pve-firmware: 1.1-8
libpve-common-perl: 4.0-71
libpve-access-control: 4.0-18
libpve-storage-perl: 4.0-56
pve-libspice-server1: 0.12.8-1
vncterm: 1.2-1
pve-qemu-kvm: 2.6-1
pve-container: 1.0-71
pve-firewall: 2.0-29
pve-ha-manager: 1.0-33
ksm-control-daemon: 1.2-1
glusterfs-client: 3.5.2-2+deb8u2
lxc-pve: 1.1.5-7
lxcfs: 2.0.0-pve2
cgmanager: 0.39-pve1
criu: 1.6.0-1
zfsutils: 0.6.5.7-pve10~bpo80

The host disk is Ext4, the container disk is ZFS (Mounted as ZFS in proxmox) and backup disk is ZFS (Mounted as directory).

 

[dcsapak]

please update your installation, there have been some bugfixes regarding vzdump

also pigz cannot work if you specify "--compress 0" it has to be "--compress gzip"

 

[tmikaeld]

please update your installation, there have been some bugfixes regarding vzdump

also pigz cannot work if you specify "--compress 0" it has to be "--compress gzip"

Everything is up to date - should i run

apt-get dist-upgrade

instead of just

apt-get upgrade

?

 

[dcsapak]

yes, the update procedure is

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

in case you are getting no updates, please check your repository configuration
see https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Package_repositories

 

[wbumiller]

The tmpdir is only filled in suspend mode backups, you seem to be using snapshot mode.

 

[tmikaeld]

The tmpdir is only filled in suspend mode backups, you seem to be using snapshot mode.

Correct, so snapshot's are always copied directly to destination, even when compressed?

 

[wbumiller]

Yes.