[pve-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup] fix: #6496 - add `sync-job run` to docs

Yahya Jabary y.jabary at proxmox.com
Thu Jan 22 16:10:02 CET 2026


Apologies for the noise. This patch was sent twice in error. Please 
disregard this copy.
I have corrected my workflow to prevent this from recurring.

On 1/22/26 3:48 PM, Yahya Jabary wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Yahya Jabary <y.jabary at proxmox.com>
> ---
>   docs/managing-remotes.rst | 15 +++++++++++++--
>   1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/managing-remotes.rst b/docs/managing-remotes.rst
> index 60ac3bc6..95ac4823 100644
> --- a/docs/managing-remotes.rst
> +++ b/docs/managing-remotes.rst
> @@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ itself. Alternatively, you can manage them with the ``proxmox-backup-manager
>   sync-job`` command. The configuration information for sync jobs is stored at
>   ``/etc/proxmox-backup/sync.cfg``. To create a new sync job, click the add button
>   in the GUI, or use the ``create`` subcommand. After creating a sync job, you can
> -either start it manually from the GUI or provide it with a schedule (see
> -:ref:`calendar-event-scheduling`) to run regularly.
> +start it manually from the GUI, use the ``run`` subcommand, or provide it with
> +a schedule (see :ref:`calendar-event-scheduling`) to run regularly.
>   Backup snapshots, groups and namespaces which are no longer available on the
>   **Remote** datastore can be removed from the local datastore as well by setting
>   the ``remove-vanished`` option for the sync job.
> @@ -87,6 +87,17 @@ trusted remote backup server.
>     ╞════════════╪═══════╪════════╪══════════════╪═══════════╪═════════╡
>     │ pbs2-local │ local │ pbs2   │ local        │ Wed 02:30 │ offsite │
>     └────────────┴───────┴────────┴──────────────┴───────────┴─────────┘
> +  # proxmox-backup-manager sync-job run pbs2-local
> +  Starting datastore sync job 'pbs2:local:local::pbs2-local'
> +  sync datastore 'local' from 'pbs2/local'
> +  ----
> +  Syncing datastore 'local', root namespace into datastore 'local', root namespace
> +  found 0 groups to sync (out of 0 total)
> +  Finished syncing root namespace, current progress: 0 groups, 0 snapshots
> +  Summary: sync job found no new data to pull
> +  sync job 'pbs2:local:local::pbs2-local' end
> +  queued notification (id=a8ce89b5-330a-4ad7-9906-3a876e7ed174)
> +  TASK OK
>     # proxmox-backup-manager sync-job remove pbs2-local
>   
>   To set up sync jobs, the configuring user needs the following permissions:




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