As I familiar with proxmox, an /etc/pve is not a real filesystem, it is
cluster synced filesystem mounted via fuse.
You can rsync a content somewhere else and take a backup there. Anyway, you
could not deploy a proxmox cluster by just restoring it.
On Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 1:10:33 AM UTC+3 Stefan Harbich wrote:
> Hello,
> i'm trying to back up a Proxmox server via Bareos. It works. However, not
> all directories are backed up. For example, the "/etc/pve" directory is not
> backed up.
> ...
> 06-Sep 23:54 psme02-fd JobId 1558: Disallowed filesystem. Will not descend
> from / into /etc/pve
> 06-Sep 23:55 psme02-fd JobId 1558: Disallowed filesystem. Will not descend
> from / into /var/lib/lxcfs
> ...
>
> The directory has the following file system:
> ...
> root@psme02:~# df -T
> Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/fuse fuse 131072 24 131048 1% /etc/pve
> ...
> How can I back up the directory anyway?
> Do I need to add the fuse filesystem to the fileset?
> ...
> FileSet {
> Name = "LinuxAll"
> Description = "Backup all regular filesystems, determined by filesystem
> type."
> Include {
> Options {
> Signature = MD5 # calculate md5 checksum per file
> One FS = No # change into other filessytems
> xattrsupport = no
> FS Type = btrfs
> FS Type = ext2 # filesystems of given types will be backed up
> FS Type = ext3 # others will be ignored
> FS Type = ext4
> FS Type = reiserfs
> FS Type = jfs
> FS Type = xfs
> FS Type = zfs
> }
> File = /
> }
> # Things that usually have to be excluded
> # You have to exclude /var/lib/bareos/storage
> # on your bareos server
> Exclude {
> File = /dev
> File = /mnt
> File = /media
> File = /proc
> File = /run
> File = /tmp
> File = /sys
> File = /var/lib/bareos
> File = /var/lib/bareos/storage
> File = /var/lib/elasticsearch/indices
> File = /var/lib/docker/overlay
> File = /var/tmp
> File = /.journal
> File = /.fsck
> }
> }
> ...
> I'm using the following Bareos version:
> ...
> *version
> bareos-dir Version: 24.0.1~pre67.4ee24a825 (12 February 2025) Debian
> GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) debian Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
> ...
> Greetings from Stefan Harbich
>
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