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Last modified by Kevin Wiki on 2024/05/21 21:23
From version 29.1
edited by Kevin Wiki
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209 209  It also seems like there are a LOT of files shifting - being added and deleted. Making the diff uploaded to jottacloud huge.
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211 -= Syncthing =
212 -
213 -TODO
214 -
215 215  = Client Configuration =
216 216  
217 217  Configure Backup on the Datacenter or PVE host level in the proxmox web GUI. If a backup storage is already added input the following preferences:
218 218  
219 219  * selection mode: include selected VMs
220 -* send email to: EMAIL_ADDRESS
216 +* send email to: [[kevin.midboe+PVE_HOSTNAME@gmail.com>>mailto:kevin.midboe+PVE_HOS[email protected]]]
221 221  * email: on failure only
222 222  * mode: snapshot
223 223  * enabled: true
224 224  * job comment: ~{~{guestname}}, ~{~{node}}, ~{~{vmid}}
225 -
226 -= Debugging/issues live here =
227 -
228 -== Permission denied anything for certain backups ==
229 -
230 -When trying to restore a VM I noticed that it was very outdated. Before doing anything I got a `Permission denied (os error 13)` error message. I checked the permissions of the storage mount in proxmox cluster, generated new API key, removed and re-added the storage to node getting permission denied, and what gave it away I also got it when running the CLI command from proxmox-backup-server host.
231 -
232 -{{code language="bash"}}
233 -kevin@clio:~$ sudo proxmox-backup-client snapshot forget -ns apollo -repository proxmox-backup 'vm/201/2023-07-31T01:31:18Z'
234 -[sudo] password for kevin:
235 -Password for "root@pam": *****************
236 -fingerprint: **:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**:**
237 -Are you sure you want to continue connecting? (y/n): y
238 -storing login ticket failed: $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR must be set
239 -Error: removing backup snapshot "/mnt/pergamum/proxmox-backup/ns/apollo/vm/201/2023-07-31T01:31:18Z" failed - Permission denied (os error 13)
240 -
241 -kevin@clio:~$ ls -l "/mnt/pergamum/proxmox-backup/ns/apollo/vm/201/2023-07-31T01:31:18Z"
242 -total 263
243 --rw-r--r-- 1 root root 667 Feb 17 01:16 client.log.blob
244 --rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167936 Feb 17 01:16 drive-scsi0.img.fidx
245 --rw-r--r-- 1 root root 539 Feb 17 01:16 index.json.blob
246 --rw-r--r-- 1 root root 342 Feb 17 01:16 qemu-server.conf.blob
247 -{{/code}}
248 -
249 -Aha! The owner of everything in these folders should be {{code language="none"}}backup:backup{{/code}}.
250 -
251 -**Resolve using:**
252 -
253 -{{code language="bash"}}
254 -kevin@clio:~$ sudo chown -R backup:backup /mnt/pergamum/proxmox-backup/ns/apollo/*
255 -{{/code}}
256 -
257 -
258 258  )))
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