[pve-devel] [PATCH docs] vzdump: mention file-restore log file

Fabian Grünbichler f.gruenbichler at proxmox.com
Tue Sep 5 09:43:51 CEST 2023


it was only documented in the proxmox-backup source code so far.

Signed-off-by: Fabian Grünbichler <f.gruenbichler at proxmox.com>
---
grepped once too often for that one ;)

 vzdump.adoc | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc
index a7c3d1e..85b7cc2 100644
--- a/vzdump.adoc
+++ b/vzdump.adoc
@@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ downloaded from such an archive is inherently safe, but it avoids exposing the
 hypervisor system to danger. The VM will stop itself after a timeout. This
 entire process happens transparently from a user's point of view.
 
+NOTE: For troubleshooting purposes, each temporary VM instance generates a log
+file in `/var/log/proxmox-backup/file-restore/`. The log file might contain
+additional information in case an attempt to restore individual files or
+accessing file systems contained in a backup archive fails.
+
 [[vzdump_configuration]]
 Configuration
 -------------
-- 
2.39.2






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