vzdump "ok" but not true

[Stefano Giunchi]

I have a backup which writes nothing, but the report says it's "OK"

VMID NAME STATUS TIME SIZE FILENAME
114 w1 OK 00:15:23 9.34GB /mnt/pve/nas_backup_dr/dump/vzdump-qemu-114-2016_11_12-21_00_02.vma.lzo
118 xibo OK 00:00:03 0KB /mnt/pve/nas_backup_dr/dump/vzdump-qemu-118-2016_11_12-21_15_25.vma.lzo
119 netmonitor OK 00:32:47 16.69GB /mnt/pve/nas_backup_dr/dump/vzdump-qemu-119-2016_11_12-21_15_28.vma.lzo
120 xibo-upg OK 00:18:54 10.56GB /mnt/pve/nas_backup_dr/dump/vzdump-qemu-120-2016_11_12-21_48_15.vma.lzo
TOTAL 01:07:07 36.59GB

The VM has a 20GB disk, and is working. Looking the old backup logs, it's always the same.
The node has been upgraded to 4.3, but the problem was present in older version too.

This is the detail for vm 118

118: Nov 12 21:15:25 INFO: Starting Backup of VM 118 (qemu)
118: Nov 12 21:15:25 INFO: status = running
118: Nov 12 21:15:26 INFO: update VM 118: -lock backup
118: Nov 12 21:15:26 INFO: VM Name: xibo
118: Nov 12 21:15:26 INFO: exclude disk 'sata0' 'local:118/vm-118-disk-1.raw' (backup=no)
118: Nov 12 21:15:26 INFO: backup mode: snapshot
118: Nov 12 21:15:26 INFO: ionice priority: 7
118: Nov 12 21:15:26 INFO: creating archive '/mnt/pve/nas_backup_dr/dump/vzdump-qemu-118-2016_11_12-21_15_25.vma.lzo'
118: Nov 12 21:15:26 INFO: backup contains no disks
118: Nov 12 21:15:26 INFO: starting template backup
118: Nov 12 21:15:26 INFO: /usr/bin/vma create -v -c /mnt/pve/nas_backup_dr/dump/vzdump-qemu-118-2016_11_12-21_15_25.tmp/qemu-server.conf exec:lzop>/mnt/pve/nas_backup_dr/dump/vzdump-qemu-118-2016_11_12-21_15_25.vma.dat
118: Nov 12 21:15:27 INFO: archive file size: 0KB
118: Nov 12 21:15:27 INFO: delete old backup '/mnt/pve/nas_backup_dr/dump/vzdump-qemu-118-2016_11_05-21_15_17.vma.lzo'
118: Nov 12 21:15:28 INFO: Finished Backup of VM 118 (00:00:03)

Thanks for any help

 

[fabian]

the log already tells you what is happening:

118: Nov 12 21:15:26 INFO: exclude disk 'sata0' 'local:118/vm-118-disk-1.raw' (backup=no)

118: Nov 12 21:15:26 INFO: backup contains no disks

simply set the only disk of that VM to be included in the backup (tick the box on the GUI, or set with "qm set")

 

[Stefano Giunchi]

ops, didn't think to be soo newbie...
thanks

 

[sgtpepperaut]

4 years later... thanks for that!