[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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