[SOLVED] vzdump fails: Backup of VM failed - unable to read file qemu-server.conf'

[igloo]

Hello,

I'm started to get the following issue recently. Before it worked and for some reasons got broken.

root@px:~# vzdump 117 -dumpdir . -tmp .
INFO: starting new backup job: vzdump 117 --tmpdir . --dumpdir .
INFO: Starting Backup of VM 117 (qemu)
INFO: status = stopped
INFO: update VM 117: -lock backup
INFO: backup mode: stop
INFO: ionice priority: 7
INFO: creating archive './vzdump-qemu-117-2018_07_06-16_29_23.vma'
INFO: starting kvm to execute backup task
ERROR: unable to read file './vzdumptmp24888/qemu-server.conf'
INFO: aborting backup job
INFO: stopping kvm after backup task
ERROR: Backup of VM 117 failed - unable to read file './vzdumptmp24888/qemu-server.conf'
INFO: Backup job finished with errors
job errors
root@px:~#

This particular VM is stopped. I tried to restart it and to backup a running vm, and got the same result. It's PVE/ceph cluster and it's not possible to backup a vm. There's enough free space. Have you seen such problem? I would appreciate any help! Thanks

 

[igloo]

Answering my own question

This works:

vzdump 117 -dumpdir /var/lib/vz/dump/backups -tmpdir /root/

This does not:

vzdump 117 -dumpdir . -tmp .

My version:

# pveversion
pve-manager/3.4-11/6502936f (running kernel: 3.10.0-11-pve)