Tuxis launches free Proxmox Backup Server BETA service
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Since the amount of people we can't mail when we need to contact them is high, we want a second way to contact them. Else we would be forced to disable their account.
You can't login to the PBS web interface to create users. Access is limited. You do not get a dedicated PBS environment. If you need a user, create it via https://portal.tuxis.cloud/
Hope this helps.
You can use API tokens for that: https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/user-management.html#api-tokens
EDIT: Maybe also see https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/backup-client.html#garbage-collection
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Thank you both, indeed i've never used API tokens in PBS. It works now
However there is one thing which bothers me. I started some backup (about 20GB). At some point disk usage rised to 10% and Ive stopped the process manually (aborted it). Normally in such cases i would go to shell and manually delete leftovers from datastore to have clear situation. But i don't have access to shell here. How can i clean this old backup? (disk usage stays at 10% but there is no content pointing to this backup in datastore)
However there is one thing which bothers me. I started some backup (about 20GB). At some point disk usage rised to 10% and Ive stopped the process manually (aborted it). Normally in such cases i would go to shell and manually delete leftovers from datastore to have clear situation. But i don't have access to shell here. How can i clean this old backup? (disk usage stays at 10% but there is no content pointing to this backup in datastore)
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I believe this post answered such questions negatively (but maybe there is a reseller in Brazil?): https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/t...-backup-server-beta-service.76320/post-672572
We can't deliver in Brazil due to tax rules from Brazil. We are an EU company, so within the EU there is never a problem for companies. Outside the EU, we have to look up the local tax rules for delivering services. Some countries state that we can invoice without tax with no limits. Some countries do have limits, and after you cross those limits, it becomes complex web of tax rules and submission of sales to different authorities.
Keep in mind, we are selling for € 18,- per TB
So when we cross a threshold in a country, it won't be with thousands of euro's a month.That said, within the EU we can even offer PBS with storage in the Netherlands and Germany (for our German customers).. Maybe later even in more EU countries..
Although it is correct English (maybe British?) we have changed it in something more common
Thanks for pointing it out.
Thanks for pointing it out.
Hey @tuxis,
thank you very much for providing this service.
I signed up for the free tier and did some testing. I did a few backups and now have about 10GB used.
I then deleted all the backups via the PVE interface.
But still, I have apparently 10GB of the 150GB used.
Is there a reason, the space is not freed up, after the backups have been deleted?
Kind Regards,
smoo
thank you very much for providing this service.
I signed up for the free tier and did some testing. I did a few backups and now have about 10GB used.
I then deleted all the backups via the PVE interface.
But still, I have apparently 10GB of the 150GB used.
Is there a reason, the space is not freed up, after the backups have been deleted?
Kind Regards,
smoo
You need to run a garbage collect. That will remove data deleted more than 25 hours ago.
Thanks for the hint.
When I added Tuxis as PBS to my PVE, I went to Datacenter -> Storage -> Add -> PBS.
In that menu, I can only set a retention.
In addition, when going to Datacenter -> Backup, I can only set a retention.
When looking at https://support.tuxis.nl/nl/knowledgebase/article/how-to-setup-a-prune-job-and-garbage-collection I don't have these Prune Job options. As I think they are only part of a PBS installation. I've seen it, when I tinkered with a PBS container and a PBS VM running on my PVE.
But with Tuxis I don't have access to a real PBS environment.
Am I missing something here?
For testing, I set both retentions to 1 and see, if this will have an impact. Currently I only have 2 containers backed up, which is about 3GB of size. Just as a side node: currently its still 9GB which is being used.
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The garbage collections needs to happen (on the datastore) on the PBS server. I can login to Tuxis and (while I have limited access to the server) I can schedule (or start) garbage collections. Login to the Tuxis server with your account, go to Datastores, then your datastore, go to the Prune and GC Jobs tab, and Edit or Run now your Garbage Collect Jobs.
I would love to, but I don't have anywhere to enter any Datastore settings.
For privacy reasons, I blacked some details. But there is no clickable link under any, which would lead to any Datastore settings.
If you want to, I could send you the unblacked screenshots via DM.
Thanks for your efforts.