[SOLVED] Unable to create backup, proxmox want to make a backup to nonexistent storage

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hi, before addin new backup, i have old PBS backup path, with name "backup2" but this storage not exist anymore, i deleted it from PVE, but when i want to made a backup 1 from few VM want to backup on old storage, i made backup manually indicate new storage, but i get error:


INFO: starting new backup job: vzdump 100 --notes-template '{{cluster}}, {{guestname}}, {{node}}, {{vmid}}' --mode snapshot --storage pbs-radxa --remove 0 --node proxmox1 --notification-mode auto
INFO: Starting Backup of VM 100 (qemu)
INFO: Backup started at 2025-04-14 09:08:23
INFO: status = running
INFO: VM Name: debian-12
INFO: exclude disk 'scsi1' 'data:100/vm-100-disk-0.qcow2' (backup=no)
INFO: include disk 'sata0' 'data:100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2' 32G
INFO: backup mode: snapshot
INFO: ionice priority: 7
INFO: creating Proxmox Backup Server archive 'vm/100/2025-04-14T07:08:23Z'
ERROR: VM 100 qmp command 'backup' failed - backup connect failed: command error: while creating locked backup group 'BackupGroup { store: "backup2", ns: BackupNamespace { inner: [], len: 0 }, group: BackupGroup { ty: Vm, id: "100" } }'
INFO: aborting backup job
INFO: resuming VM again
ERROR: Backup of VM 100 failed - VM 100 qmp command 'backup' failed - backup connect failed: command error: while creating locked backup group 'BackupGroup { store: "backup2", ns: BackupNamespace { inner: [], len: 0 }, group: BackupGroup { ty: Vm, id: "100" } }'
INFO: Failed at 2025-04-14 09:08:23
INFO: Backup job finished with errors
INFO: notified via target `mail-to-root`
TASK ERROR: job errors

where i can find this "backup2" storage and delete from configs? because in gui i don't have it!
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using this selection, i get error above
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and more strange is that, when i added new storage few days ago, i made a full backup, and all worked fine!

INFO: starting new backup job: vzdump --notes-template '{{cluster}}, {{guestname}}, {{node}}, {{vmid}}' --fleecing 0 --prune-backups 'keep-all=1' --node proxmox1 --all 1 --mailnotification failure --mode snapshot --storage pbs-radxa
INFO: Starting Backup of VM 100 (qemu)
INFO: Backup started at 2025-04-12 11:05:18
INFO: status = running
INFO: VM Name: debian-12
INFO: exclude disk 'scsi1' 'data:100/vm-100-disk-0.qcow2' (backup=no)
INFO: include disk 'sata0' 'data:100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2' 32G
INFO: backup mode: snapshot
INFO: ionice priority: 7
INFO: creating Proxmox Backup Server archive 'vm/100/2025-04-12T09:05:18Z'
INFO: started backup task 'f7f3ed87-e229-4639-b3cf-11f54475cc23'
INFO: resuming VM again
INFO: sata0: dirty-bitmap status: created new
INFO: 0% (284.0 MiB of 32.0 GiB) in 3s, read: 94.7 MiB/s, write: 73.3 MiB/s
INFO: 1% (384.0 MiB of 32.0 GiB) in 6s, read: 33.3 MiB/s, write: 33.3 MiB/s
INFO: 2% (704.0 MiB of 32.0 GiB) in 12s, read: 53.3 MiB/s, write: 53.3 MiB/s
INFO: 3% (1004.0 MiB of 32.0 GiB) in 20s, read: 37.5 MiB/s, write: 37.5 MiB/s
INFO: 4% (1.3 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 29s, read: 38.7 MiB/s, write: 38.7 MiB/s
INFO: 5% (1.6 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 36s, read: 41.7 MiB/s, write: 41.7 MiB/s
INFO: 6% (1.9 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 47s, read: 30.9 MiB/s, write: 30.9 MiB/s
INFO: 7% (2.3 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 53s, read: 54.0 MiB/s, write: 36.7 MiB/s
INFO: 8% (2.6 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 1m 3s, read: 31.6 MiB/s, write: 31.6 MiB/s
INFO: 9% (2.9 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 1m 18s, read: 25.9 MiB/s, write: 25.9 MiB/s
INFO: 10% (3.2 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 1m 30s, read: 23.0 MiB/s, write: 23.0 MiB/s
INFO: 11% (3.5 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 1m 48s, read: 17.8 MiB/s, write: 17.8 MiB/s
INFO: 12% (3.8 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 2m 2s, read: 23.7 MiB/s, write: 23.7 MiB/s
INFO: 13% (4.2 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 2m 12s, read: 36.8 MiB/s, write: 24.8 MiB/s
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INFO: 15% (4.9 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 2m 28s, read: 62.3 MiB/s, write: 13.1 MiB/s
INFO: 16% (5.2 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 2m 34s, read: 41.3 MiB/s, write: 39.3 MiB/s
INFO: 17% (5.5 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 2m 47s, read: 24.0 MiB/s, write: 21.8 MiB/s
INFO: 18% (5.8 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 2m 57s, read: 33.2 MiB/s, write: 33.2 MiB/s
INFO: 19% (6.1 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 3m 9s, read: 26.7 MiB/s, write: 24.0 MiB/s
INFO: 20% (6.4 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 3m 18s, read: 36.9 MiB/s, write: 29.8 MiB/s
INFO: 21% (6.7 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 3m 31s, read: 25.2 MiB/s, write: 25.2 MiB/s
INFO: 22% (7.1 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 3m 43s, read: 27.3 MiB/s, write: 27.3 MiB/s
INFO: 23% (7.4 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 3m 54s, read: 30.9 MiB/s, write: 30.9 MiB/s
INFO: 24% (7.7 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 4m 15s, read: 15.4 MiB/s, write: 14.9 MiB/s
INFO: 25% (8.0 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 4m 28s, read: 23.7 MiB/s, write: 23.4 MiB/s
INFO: 26% (8.3 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 4m 34s, read: 55.3 MiB/s, write: 35.3 MiB/s
INFO: 27% (8.7 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 4m 49s, read: 22.4 MiB/s, write: 22.4 MiB/s
INFO: 28% (9.0 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 5m 3s, read: 22.6 MiB/s, write: 22.3 MiB/s
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INFO: 30% (9.7 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 5m 18s, read: 122.7 MiB/s, write: 4.0 MiB/s
INFO: 31% (10.0 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 5m 21s, read: 121.3 MiB/s, write: 38.7 MiB/s
INFO: 32% (10.4 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 5m 24s, read: 126.7 MiB/s, write: 8.0 MiB/s
INFO: 38% (12.3 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 5m 27s, read: 668.0 MiB/s, write: 77.3 MiB/s
INFO: 39% (12.5 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 5m 30s, read: 49.3 MiB/s, write: 49.3 MiB/s
INFO: 40% (12.8 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 5m 35s, read: 71.2 MiB/s, write: 46.4 MiB/s
INFO: 41% (13.1 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 5m 43s, read: 38.0 MiB/s, write: 34.5 MiB/s
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INFO: 46% (14.7 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 6m 28s, read: 39.5 MiB/s, write: 39.5 MiB/s
INFO: 47% (15.1 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 6m 44s, read: 21.2 MiB/s, write: 20.5 MiB/s
INFO: 48% (15.4 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 6m 54s, read: 34.0 MiB/s, write: 28.4 MiB/s
INFO: 49% (15.7 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 7m 5s, read: 26.9 MiB/s, write: 21.1 MiB/s
INFO: 50% (16.1 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 7m 17s, read: 32.0 MiB/s, write: 30.7 MiB/s
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INFO: 52% (16.7 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 7m 30s, read: 45.1 MiB/s, write: 45.1 MiB/s
INFO: 53% (17.1 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 7m 34s, read: 106.0 MiB/s, write: 29.0 MiB/s
INFO: 56% (18.2 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 7m 37s, read: 368.0 MiB/s, write: 24.0 MiB/s
INFO: 57% (18.3 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 7m 40s, read: 58.7 MiB/s, write: 58.7 MiB/s
INFO: 58% (18.6 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 7m 47s, read: 35.4 MiB/s, write: 34.3 MiB/s
INFO: 59% (19.1 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 7m 54s, read: 74.3 MiB/s, write: 29.1 MiB/s
INFO: 62% (20.0 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 7m 57s, read: 330.7 MiB/s, write: 5.3 MiB/s
INFO: 63% (20.3 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 8m, read: 92.0 MiB/s, write: 84.0 MiB/s
INFO: 64% (20.7 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 8m 3s, read: 128.0 MiB/s, write: 26.7 MiB/s
INFO: 70% (22.5 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 8m 6s, read: 622.7 MiB/s, write: 68.0 MiB/s
INFO: 71% (22.9 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 8m 9s, read: 129.3 MiB/s, write: 44.0 MiB/s
INFO: 75% (24.1 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 8m 12s, read: 428.0 MiB/s, write: 17.3 MiB/s
INFO: 77% (24.7 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 8m 15s, read: 180.0 MiB/s, write: 96.0 MiB/s
INFO: 78% (25.1 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 8m 18s, read: 133.3 MiB/s, write: 32.0 MiB/s
INFO: 92% (29.4 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 8m 22s, read: 1.1 GiB/s, write: 8.0 MiB/s
INFO: 94% (30.3 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 8m 25s, read: 297.3 MiB/s, write: 73.3 MiB/s
INFO: 95% (30.4 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 8m 28s, read: 29.3 MiB/s, write: 29.3 MiB/s
INFO: 96% (30.9 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 8m 34s, read: 83.3 MiB/s, write: 26.0 MiB/s
INFO: 99% (31.9 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 8m 37s, read: 337.3 MiB/s, write: 44.0 MiB/s
INFO: 100% (32.0 GiB of 32.0 GiB) in 8m 42s, read: 24.8 MiB/s, write: 24.8 MiB/s
INFO: backup is sparse: 16.68 GiB (52%) total zero data
INFO: backup was done incrementally, reused 16.73 GiB (52%)
INFO: transferred 32.00 GiB in 524 seconds (62.5 MiB/s)
INFO: adding notes to backup
INFO: Finished Backup of VM 100 (00:08:45)
INFO: Backup finished at 2025-04-12 11:14:03
INFO: Starting Backup of VM 101 (qemu)
INFO: Backup started at 2025-04-12 11:14:03
INFO: status = stopped
INFO: backup mode: stop
INFO: ionice priority: 7
INFO: VM Name: win10
INFO: include disk 'scsi0' 'data:101/vm-101-disk-0.qcow2' 50G
INFO: creating Proxmox Backup Server archive 'vm/101/2025-04-12T09:14:03Z'
INFO: starting kvm to execute backup task
INFO: started backup task 'e0e2a105-395c-4f7a-a326-a809d0814751'
INFO: scsi0: dirty-bitmap status: created new
INFO: 0% (196.0 MiB of 50.0 GiB) in 3s, read: 65.3 MiB/s, write: 61.3 MiB/s
INFO: 1% (516.0 MiB of 50.0 GiB) in 12s, read: 35.6 MiB/s, write: 35.1 MiB/s
INFO: 2% (1.0 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 29s, read: 30.1 MiB/s, write: 29.6 MiB/s
INFO: 3% (1.5 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 51s, read: 23.1 MiB/s, write: 23.1 MiB/s
INFO: 4% (2.0 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 1m 18s, read: 20.0 MiB/s, write: 20.0 MiB/s
INFO: 5% (2.5 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 1m 43s, read: 20.2 MiB/s, write: 20.2 MiB/s
INFO: 6% (3.0 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 2m 7s, read: 22.3 MiB/s, write: 22.3 MiB/s
INFO: 7% (3.5 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 2m 20s, read: 38.2 MiB/s, write: 32.9 MiB/s
INFO: 8% (4.0 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 2m 46s, read: 20.0 MiB/s, write: 20.0 MiB/s
INFO: 9% (4.5 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 3m 11s, read: 19.2 MiB/s, write: 19.2 MiB/s
INFO: 10% (5.0 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 3m 31s, read: 25.4 MiB/s, write: 25.4 MiB/s
INFO: 11% (5.5 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 3m 58s, read: 19.0 MiB/s, write: 19.0 MiB/s
INFO: 12% (6.0 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 4m 23s, read: 20.5 MiB/s, write: 20.5 MiB/s
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INFO: 14% (7.1 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 5m 5s, read: 37.1 MiB/s, write: 34.9 MiB/s
INFO: 15% (7.5 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 5m 18s, read: 35.7 MiB/s, write: 35.4 MiB/s
INFO: 16% (8.0 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 5m 43s, read: 20.3 MiB/s, write: 20.3 MiB/s
INFO: 17% (8.5 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 6m 13s, read: 16.9 MiB/s, write: 16.7 MiB/s
INFO: 18% (9.0 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 6m 33s, read: 25.8 MiB/s, write: 25.6 MiB/s
INFO: 19% (9.5 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 6m 52s, read: 27.8 MiB/s, write: 22.9 MiB/s
INFO: 20% (10.0 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 7m 20s, read: 17.6 MiB/s, write: 17.6 MiB/s
INFO: 21% (10.6 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 7m 44s, read: 23.8 MiB/s, write: 22.8 MiB/s
INFO: 22% (11.0 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 7m 57s, read: 36.0 MiB/s, write: 35.1 MiB/s
INFO: 23% (11.5 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 8m 18s, read: 25.1 MiB/s, write: 23.8 MiB/s
INFO: 24% (12.1 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 8m 41s, read: 25.0 MiB/s, write: 20.0 MiB/s
INFO: 25% (12.5 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 8m 58s, read: 24.2 MiB/s, write: 23.5 MiB/s
INFO: 26% (13.0 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 9m 15s, read: 32.0 MiB/s, write: 28.0 MiB/s
INFO: 27% (13.5 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 9m 20s, read: 100.0 MiB/s, write: 36.8 MiB/s
INFO: 32% (16.5 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 9m 23s, read: 1008.0 MiB/s, write: 0 B/s
INFO: 47% (23.7 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 9m 26s, read: 2.4 GiB/s, write: 0 B/s
INFO: 62% (31.1 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 9m 29s, read: 2.5 GiB/s, write: 0 B/s
INFO: 75% (37.8 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 9m 32s, read: 2.2 GiB/s, write: 0 B/s
INFO: 88% (44.0 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 9m 35s, read: 2.1 GiB/s, write: 0 B/s
INFO: 100% (50.0 GiB of 50.0 GiB) in 9m 38s, read: 2.0 GiB/s, write: 1.3 MiB/s
INFO: backup is sparse: 37.27 GiB (74%) total zero data
INFO: backup was done incrementally, reused 37.27 GiB (74%)
INFO: transferred 50.00 GiB in 578 seconds (88.6 MiB/s)
INFO: stopping kvm after backup task
INFO: adding notes to backup
INFO: Finished Backup of VM 101 (00:09:40)
INFO: Backup finished at 2025-04-12 11:23:43
INFO: Starting Backup of VM 102 (qemu)
INFO: Backup started at 2025-04-12 11:23:43
INFO: status = running
INFO: VM Name: ubuntu-22.04
INFO: include disk 'scsi0' 'data:102/vm-102-disk-1.qcow2' 20G
INFO: backup mode: snapshot
INFO: ionice priority: 7
INFO: skip unused drive 'data:102/vm-102-disk-0.qcow2' (not included into backup)
INFO: creating Proxmox Backup Server archive 'vm/102/2025-04-12T09:23:43Z'
INFO: issuing guest-agent 'fs-freeze' command
INFO: issuing guest-agent 'fs-thaw' command
INFO: started backup task '1c0d4b35-12c9-4b21-a497-e4cf19abded0'
INFO: resuming VM again
INFO: scsi0: dirty-bitmap status: created new
INFO: 7% (1.6 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 3s, read: 537.3 MiB/s, write: 93.3 MiB/s
INFO: 12% (2.6 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 6s, read: 346.7 MiB/s, write: 52.0 MiB/s
INFO: 15% (3.0 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 9s, read: 152.0 MiB/s, write: 34.7 MiB/s
INFO: 21% (4.3 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 12s, read: 416.0 MiB/s, write: 33.3 MiB/s
INFO: 24% (4.9 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 15s, read: 216.0 MiB/s, write: 82.7 MiB/s
INFO: 26% (5.4 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 21s, read: 80.7 MiB/s, write: 27.3 MiB/s
INFO: 27% (5.5 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 24s, read: 50.7 MiB/s, write: 25.3 MiB/s
INFO: 28% (5.7 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 27s, read: 60.0 MiB/s, write: 26.7 MiB/s
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INFO: 31% (6.3 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 35s, read: 134.7 MiB/s, write: 36.0 MiB/s
INFO: 32% (6.5 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 39s, read: 63.0 MiB/s, write: 46.0 MiB/s
INFO: 33% (6.7 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 42s, read: 77.3 MiB/s, write: 42.7 MiB/s
INFO: 34% (6.8 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 45s, read: 40.0 MiB/s, write: 21.3 MiB/s
INFO: 35% (7.0 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 49s, read: 43.0 MiB/s, write: 32.0 MiB/s
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INFO: 38% (7.6 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 1m 7s, read: 30.9 MiB/s, write: 28.0 MiB/s
INFO: 39% (7.9 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 1m 12s, read: 50.4 MiB/s, write: 31.2 MiB/s
INFO: 41% (8.3 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 1m 15s, read: 146.7 MiB/s, write: 69.3 MiB/s
INFO: 44% (8.9 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 1m 18s, read: 205.3 MiB/s, write: 28.0 MiB/s
INFO: 55% (11.0 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 1m 21s, read: 722.7 MiB/s, write: 64.0 MiB/s
INFO: 62% (12.4 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 1m 24s, read: 480.0 MiB/s, write: 88.0 MiB/s
INFO: 70% (14.2 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 1m 27s, read: 589.3 MiB/s, write: 33.3 MiB/s
INFO: 73% (14.7 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 1m 30s, read: 188.0 MiB/s, write: 113.3 MiB/s
INFO: 74% (14.9 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 1m 33s, read: 68.0 MiB/s, write: 5.3 MiB/s
INFO: 85% (17.1 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 1m 36s, read: 737.3 MiB/s, write: 68.0 MiB/s
INFO: 94% (18.9 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 1m 39s, read: 629.3 MiB/s, write: 58.7 MiB/s
INFO: 100% (20.0 GiB of 20.0 GiB) in 1m 40s, read: 1.1 GiB/s, write: 4.0 MiB/s
INFO: backup is sparse: 9.25 GiB (46%) total zero data
INFO: backup was done incrementally, reused 15.84 GiB (79%)
INFO: transferred 20.00 GiB in 100 seconds (204.8 MiB/s)
INFO: adding notes to backup
INFO: Finished Backup of VM 102 (00:01:41)
INFO: Backup finished at 2025-04-12 11:25:24
INFO: Backup job finished successfully
INFO: notified via target `mail-to-root`
TASK OK
 
Hi!

two things:

  1. backup2 is the name of the datastore on the PBS and won't show up in the PVE storage menu at all. You can check which datastore is configured for the pbs-radxa storage by editing it.
  2. Are there any Sync Jobs configured on the PBS? If so, could you please tell us how they are configured. Thanks!
 
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problem is that i have 3 VM on my PVE, and 2 VM can be backup ed without problems on backup2 datastore, but one VM give error, how it's can be possible?