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      ph7 @olivierlambert
      last edited by ph7

      @olivierlambert
      The last log is from the Debian VM only and with 1.0.0-proto-0.4.0 tools
      The one without tools was removed from the job

      Thanks for Your engagement, It's great with people that don't sleep ;o)

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        I cannot tell which VM is OpaqueRef:f3db3478-5acb-3723-5d15-652879bcf956 but you can, try to see to which VM it refers 🙂

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          ph7 @olivierlambert
          last edited by ph7

          @olivierlambert

          I cannot tell which VM is OpaqueRef:f3db3478-5acb-3723-5d15-652879bcf956 but you can, try to see to which VM it refers 🙂

          It's the one without tools

          But in the third log I only ran the vm with tools and still got errors:
          "OpaqueRef:c5030229-917f-b22f-7be6-532cc4cccf5a" and "AssertionError"

          I got no clue

          I installed vm1 (the "unistalled" one), updated and installed the 1.0.0-proto-0.4.0 tools
          made a new simple backup job with normal snapshot and it ran successfully
          I added vm2 and the job ran successfully again.

          Changed the snapshot mode to offline
          SuccessfulI

          I added the same schedule as in the first job
          retention 7
          Number of daily backups kept "blank"
          Number of weekly backups kept 2
          Number of monthly backups kept 1
          Number of yearly backups kept 1
          And it failed.

          Changed Number of daily backups kept "blank" to 7
          And Viola Success.
          It must have been deleted by mistake.
          Seems like it doesn't like the Number of daily backups kept to be blank

          I will change this in the first job and hopefully this is solved.

          And it's not
          I changed Number of daily backups kept "blank" to 7
          Ran the job, Failure.
          Rebooted everything included the host
          Ran the job. Failure again.

          {
            "data": {
              "mode": "delta",
              "reportWhen": "failure"
            },
            "id": "1735582708642",
            "jobId": "6a12854b-cc07-4269-b780-fe87df6cd867",
            "jobName": "LongTerm-5+2",
            "message": "backup",
            "scheduleId": "4f8cc819-2cf7-42ac-94ae-ee005727ecf7",
            "start": 1735582708642,
            "status": "failure",
            "infos": [
              {
                "data": {
                  "vms": [
                    "5f029e45-a01c-310b-9895-a9e58bf92b96",
                    "1b75faf0-f4db-5aa9-d204-9bee6f2abfd6"
                  ]
                },
                "message": "vms"
              }
            ],
            "tasks": [
              {
                "data": {
                  "type": "VM",
                  "id": "5f029e45-a01c-310b-9895-a9e58bf92b96",
                  "name_label": "PiHole 🗑️"
                },
                "id": "1735582710485",
                "message": "backup VM",
                "start": 1735582710485,
                "status": "failure",
                "tasks": [
                  {
                    "id": "1735582710508",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582710508,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582710559,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582710511",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582710511,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582710584,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582714860",
                    "message": "snapshot",
                    "start": 1735582714860,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582716135,
                    "result": "37392150-1519-8b53-dd16-bcbfb64a1972"
                  },
                  {
                    "data": {
                      "id": "446f82eb-2794-4c01-bd71-e247abd6a39c",
                      "isFull": true,
                      "type": "remote"
                    },
                    "id": "1735582716136",
                    "message": "export",
                    "start": 1735582716136,
                    "status": "failure",
                    "end": 1735582716159,
                    "result": {
                      "generatedMessage": false,
                      "code": "ERR_ASSERTION",
                      "actual": false,
                      "expected": true,
                      "operator": "strictEqual",
                      "message": "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52",
                      "name": "AssertionError",
                      "stack": "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52\n    at getOldEntries (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_getOldEntries.mjs:116:18)\n    at IncrementalRemoteWriter._prepare (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/IncrementalRemoteWriter.mjs:96:24)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "data": {
                      "id": "0927f4dc-4476-4ac3-959a-bc37e85956df",
                      "isFull": true,
                      "type": "remote"
                    },
                    "id": "1735582716137",
                    "message": "export",
                    "start": 1735582716137,
                    "status": "failure",
                    "end": 1735582716152,
                    "result": {
                      "generatedMessage": false,
                      "code": "ERR_ASSERTION",
                      "actual": false,
                      "expected": true,
                      "operator": "strictEqual",
                      "message": "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52",
                      "name": "AssertionError",
                      "stack": "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52\n    at getOldEntries (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_getOldEntries.mjs:116:18)\n    at IncrementalRemoteWriter._prepare (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/IncrementalRemoteWriter.mjs:96:24)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582732349",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582732349,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582732376,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582732364",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582732364,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582732426,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582732943",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582732943,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582732990,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582732992",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582732992,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582733015,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582749464",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582749464,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582749500,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582749480",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582749480,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582749549,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582749851",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582749851,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582749924,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582749926",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582749926,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582749980,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  }
                ],
                "warnings": [
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                    "data": {
                      "attempt": 1,
                      "error": "all targets have failed, step: writer.prepare()"
                    },
                    "message": "Retry the VM backup due to an error"
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                  {
                    "data": {
                      "attempt": 2,
                      "error": "VM_LACKS_FEATURE(OpaqueRef:c5030229-917f-b22f-7be6-532cc4cccf5a)"
                    },
                    "message": "Retry the VM backup due to an error"
                  }
                ],
                "end": 1735582749981,
                "result": {
                  "code": "VM_LACKS_FEATURE",
                  "params": [
                    "OpaqueRef:c5030229-917f-b22f-7be6-532cc4cccf5a"
                  ],
                  "task": {
                    "uuid": "58309b21-e833-44c8-7b90-dcfee090139a",
                    "name_label": "Async.VM.clean_shutdown",
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                    "created": "20241230T18:19:09Z",
                    "finished": "20241230T18:19:09Z",
                    "status": "failure",
                    "resident_on": "OpaqueRef:ed939ef0-4062-e338-ea05-6fc86232259e",
                    "progress": 1,
                    "type": "<none/>",
                    "result": "",
                    "error_info": [
                      "VM_LACKS_FEATURE",
                      "OpaqueRef:c5030229-917f-b22f-7be6-532cc4cccf5a"
                    ],
                    "other_config": {},
                    "subtask_of": "OpaqueRef:NULL",
                    "subtasks": [],
                    "backtrace": "(((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/xapi_vm_lifecycle.ml)(line 742))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/xapi_vm_helpers.ml)(line 1653))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml)(line 24))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml)(line 39))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/helpers.ml)(line 1662))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/xapi_vm_helpers.ml)(line 1652))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/message_forwarding.ml)(line 2034))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/rbac.ml)(line 191))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/rbac.ml)(line 200))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/server_helpers.ml)(line 75)))"
                  },
                  "message": "VM_LACKS_FEATURE(OpaqueRef:c5030229-917f-b22f-7be6-532cc4cccf5a)",
                  "name": "XapiError",
                  "stack": "XapiError: VM_LACKS_FEATURE(OpaqueRef:c5030229-917f-b22f-7be6-532cc4cccf5a)\n    at XapiError.wrap (file:///root/xen-orchestra/packages/xen-api/_XapiError.mjs:16:12)\n    at default (file:///root/xen-orchestra/packages/xen-api/_getTaskResult.mjs:13:29)\n    at Xapi._addRecordToCache (file:///root/xen-orchestra/packages/xen-api/index.mjs:1068:24)\n    at file:///root/xen-orchestra/packages/xen-api/index.mjs:1102:14\n    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)\n    at Xapi._processEvents (file:///root/xen-orchestra/packages/xen-api/index.mjs:1092:12)\n    at Xapi._watchEvents (file:///root/xen-orchestra/packages/xen-api/index.mjs:1265:14)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
                }
              },
              {
                "data": {
                  "type": "VM",
                  "id": "1b75faf0-f4db-5aa9-d204-9bee6f2abfd6",
                  "name_label": "Debian"
                },
                "id": "1735582717167",
                "message": "backup VM",
                "start": 1735582717167,
                "status": "failure",
                "tasks": [
                  {
                    "id": "1735582717172",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582717172,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582717244,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582717180",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582717180,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582717294,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582730015",
                    "message": "snapshot",
                    "start": 1735582730015,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582731315,
                    "result": "160221cd-fff0-d481-b05f-64c27735f740"
                  },
                  {
                    "data": {
                      "id": "446f82eb-2794-4c01-bd71-e247abd6a39c",
                      "isFull": true,
                      "type": "remote"
                    },
                    "id": "1735582731316",
                    "message": "export",
                    "start": 1735582731316,
                    "status": "failure",
                    "end": 1735582731340,
                    "result": {
                      "generatedMessage": false,
                      "code": "ERR_ASSERTION",
                      "actual": false,
                      "expected": true,
                      "operator": "strictEqual",
                      "message": "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52",
                      "name": "AssertionError",
                      "stack": "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52\n    at getOldEntries (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_getOldEntries.mjs:116:18)\n    at IncrementalRemoteWriter._prepare (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/IncrementalRemoteWriter.mjs:96:24)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "data": {
                      "id": "0927f4dc-4476-4ac3-959a-bc37e85956df",
                      "isFull": true,
                      "type": "remote"
                    },
                    "id": "1735582731317",
                    "message": "export",
                    "start": 1735582731317,
                    "status": "failure",
                    "end": 1735582731333,
                    "result": {
                      "generatedMessage": false,
                      "code": "ERR_ASSERTION",
                      "actual": false,
                      "expected": true,
                      "operator": "strictEqual",
                      "message": "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52",
                      "name": "AssertionError",
                      "stack": "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52\n    at getOldEntries (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_getOldEntries.mjs:116:18)\n    at IncrementalRemoteWriter._prepare (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/IncrementalRemoteWriter.mjs:96:24)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582733030",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582733030,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582733121,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582733038",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582733038,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582733207,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582733338",
                    "message": "snapshot",
                    "start": 1735582733338,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582748462,
                    "result": "f11f0d4c-0804-2bbe-960d-75c5c11305f1"
                  },
                  {
                    "data": {
                      "id": "446f82eb-2794-4c01-bd71-e247abd6a39c",
                      "isFull": true,
                      "type": "remote"
                    },
                    "id": "1735582748462:0",
                    "message": "export",
                    "start": 1735582748462,
                    "status": "failure",
                    "end": 1735582748486,
                    "result": {
                      "generatedMessage": false,
                      "code": "ERR_ASSERTION",
                      "actual": false,
                      "expected": true,
                      "operator": "strictEqual",
                      "message": "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52",
                      "name": "AssertionError",
                      "stack": "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52\n    at getOldEntries (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_getOldEntries.mjs:116:18)\n    at IncrementalRemoteWriter._prepare (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/IncrementalRemoteWriter.mjs:96:24)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "data": {
                      "id": "0927f4dc-4476-4ac3-959a-bc37e85956df",
                      "isFull": true,
                      "type": "remote"
                    },
                    "id": "1735582748462:1",
                    "message": "export",
                    "start": 1735582748462,
                    "status": "failure",
                    "end": 1735582748469,
                    "result": {
                      "generatedMessage": false,
                      "code": "ERR_ASSERTION",
                      "actual": false,
                      "expected": true,
                      "operator": "strictEqual",
                      "message": "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52",
                      "name": "AssertionError",
                      "stack": "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52\n    at getOldEntries (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_getOldEntries.mjs:116:18)\n    at IncrementalRemoteWriter._prepare (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/IncrementalRemoteWriter.mjs:96:24)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
                    }
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                  {
                    "id": "1735582749990",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582749990,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582750034,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582750019",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582750019,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582750124,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582750491",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582750491,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582750554,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "id": "1735582750581",
                    "message": "clean-vm",
                    "start": 1735582750581,
                    "status": "success",
                    "end": 1735582750631,
                    "result": {
                      "merge": false
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                  }
                ],
                "warnings": [
                  {
                    "data": {
                      "attempt": 1,
                      "error": "all targets have failed, step: writer.prepare()"
                    },
                    "message": "Retry the VM backup due to an error"
                  },
                  {
                    "data": {
                      "attempt": 2,
                      "error": "all targets have failed, step: writer.prepare()"
                    },
                    "message": "Retry the VM backup due to an error"
                  }
                ],
                "end": 1735582750633,
                "result": {
                  "code": "VM_LACKS_FEATURE",
                  "params": [
                    "OpaqueRef:f3db3478-5acb-3723-5d15-652879bcf956"
                  ],
                  "task": {
                    "uuid": "fe77d196-a6f0-12ca-5795-3669fcf16201",
                    "name_label": "Async.VM.clean_shutdown",
                    "name_description": "",
                    "allowed_operations": [],
                    "current_operations": {},
                    "created": "20241230T18:19:10Z",
                    "finished": "20241230T18:19:10Z",
                    "status": "failure",
                    "resident_on": "OpaqueRef:ed939ef0-4062-e338-ea05-6fc86232259e",
                    "progress": 1,
                    "type": "<none/>",
                    "result": "",
                    "error_info": [
                      "VM_LACKS_FEATURE",
                      "OpaqueRef:f3db3478-5acb-3723-5d15-652879bcf956"
                    ],
                    "other_config": {},
                    "subtask_of": "OpaqueRef:NULL",
                    "subtasks": [],
                    "backtrace": "(((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/xapi_vm_lifecycle.ml)(line 742))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/xapi_vm_helpers.ml)(line 1653))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml)(line 24))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/libs/xapi-stdext/lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml)(line 39))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/helpers.ml)(line 1662))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/xapi_vm_helpers.ml)(line 1652))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/message_forwarding.ml)(line 2034))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/rbac.ml)(line 191))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/rbac.ml)(line 200))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/server_helpers.ml)(line 75)))"
                  },
                  "message": "VM_LACKS_FEATURE(OpaqueRef:f3db3478-5acb-3723-5d15-652879bcf956)",
                  "name": "XapiError",
                  "stack": "XapiError: VM_LACKS_FEATURE(OpaqueRef:f3db3478-5acb-3723-5d15-652879bcf956)\n    at XapiError.wrap (file:///root/xen-orchestra/packages/xen-api/_XapiError.mjs:16:12)\n    at default (file:///root/xen-orchestra/packages/xen-api/_getTaskResult.mjs:13:29)\n    at Xapi._addRecordToCache (file:///root/xen-orchestra/packages/xen-api/index.mjs:1068:24)\n    at file:///root/xen-orchestra/packages/xen-api/index.mjs:1102:14\n    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)\n    at Xapi._processEvents (file:///root/xen-orchestra/packages/xen-api/index.mjs:1092:12)\n    at Xapi._watchEvents (file:///root/xen-orchestra/packages/xen-api/index.mjs:1265:14)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
                }
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            ],
            "end": 1735582750633
          }
          

          I don't know, I will do some more testing.
          And thanks again Oliver 🥳

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          • P Offline
            ph7 @ph7
            last edited by ph7

            I compared the 2 jobs to make sure they where exactly the same.
            Ran the new job. Success.
            Ran the old job. Failed.

            Removed all data from Long-term retention of backups in the old job
            Number of daily backups kept 7 to "blank"
            Number of weekly backups kept 2 to "blank"
            Number of monthly backups kept 1 to "blank"
            Number of yearly backups kept 1 to "blank"

            Ran the old job again. Success !

            Put the data back to 7 2 1 1
            Ran the old job. Failed.

            Hmmm.. I think there must be an undocumented feature here 🙂
            I will run the new job alongside the old job an hour apart to see what will happen.

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              David
              last edited by

              I'm getting similar too, I get the "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52" error (see below) hope that's helpful.

              Based on the comment about removing the Long-term retention of backups data, I just removed the Number of weekly backups kept entry and re-ran, this allowed the backup to run. I kept my Number of daily backups kept limit which I haven't reached yet.

                    "message": "backup VM",
                    "start": 1735640611472,
                    "status": "failure",
                    "tasks": [
                      {
                        "id": "1735640611748",
                        "message": "snapshot",
                        "start": 1735640611748,
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                          "message": "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52",
                          "name": "AssertionError",
                          "stack": "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52\n    at getOldEntries (file:///home/root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_getOldEntries.mjs:116:18)\n    at FullRemoteWriter._run (file:///home/root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/FullRemoteWriter.mjs:39:24)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n    at async FullRemoteWriter.run (file:///home/root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/_AbstractFullWriter.mjs:6:14)"
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                rmaclachlan @David
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                Thank you for reporting this fix, after I removed the Number of weekly backups kept entry my backups are working again. Last night all our backups failed with the entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52 error.

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                  ph7
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                  I have now, on the new year, added a new schedule to see if there will be any difference

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                    chr1st0ph9 @David
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                    @David Thanks, my backups suddenly fail since today, after removing all retention settings except “daily backup”, they work perfectly as last year.

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                      ph7 @olivierlambert
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                      @olivierlambert said in Long-term retention of backups:

                      @ph7 said in Long-term retention of backups:

                      VM_LACKS_FEATURE

                      This means there's no tools installed or working on that VM

                      The original job is still not running
                      I was thinking about this and came up with this cunning plan 🙂

                      1. Shut down the VM to see if there is still a problem with the tools
                      2. Run the original job manually

                      No. it did not work, still failing entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52

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                                "result": "4cf9de45-ff3f-f1a1-8a86-7b5cb03c9dd5"
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                                  "isFull": true,
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                                "id": "1735908231603:0",
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                                "start": 1735908231603,
                                "status": "failure",
                                "end": 1735908231670,
                                "result": {
                                  "generatedMessage": false,
                                  "code": "ERR_ASSERTION",
                                  "actual": false,
                                  "expected": true,
                                  "operator": "strictEqual",
                                  "message": "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52",
                                  "name": "AssertionError",
                                  "stack": "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52\n    at getOldEntries (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_getOldEntries.mjs:116:18)\n    at IncrementalRemoteWriter._prepare (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/IncrementalRemoteWriter.mjs:96:24)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
                                }
                              },
                              {
                                "data": {
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                                  "isFull": true,
                                  "type": "remote"
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                                "id": "1735908231605",
                                "message": "export",
                                "start": 1735908231605,
                                "status": "failure",
                                "end": 1735908231657,
                                "result": {
                                  "generatedMessage": false,
                                  "code": "ERR_ASSERTION",
                                  "actual": false,
                                  "expected": true,
                                  "operator": "strictEqual",
                                  "message": "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52",
                                  "name": "AssertionError",
                                  "stack": "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52\n    at getOldEntries (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_getOldEntries.mjs:116:18)\n    at IncrementalRemoteWriter._prepare (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/IncrementalRemoteWriter.mjs:96:24)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
                                }
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                              {
                                "id": "1735908232625",
                                "message": "clean-vm",
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                                "status": "success",
                                "end": 1735908232700,
                                "result": {
                                  "merge": false
                                }
                              },
                              {
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                                "message": "clean-vm",
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                                "status": "success",
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                              {
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                                "result": "f614fec5-87a5-c227-4e0c-8fa76acbb271"
                              },
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                                "id": "1735908234121",
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                                "result": {
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                                  "actual": false,
                                  "expected": true,
                                  "operator": "strictEqual",
                                  "message": "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52",
                                  "name": "AssertionError",
                                  "stack": "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52\n    at getOldEntries (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_getOldEntries.mjs:116:18)\n    at IncrementalRemoteWriter._prepare (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/IncrementalRemoteWriter.mjs:96:24)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
                                }
                              },
                              {
                                "data": {
                                  "id": "0927f4dc-4476-4ac3-959a-bc37e85956df",
                                  "isFull": true,
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                                "message": "export",
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                                "status": "failure",
                                "end": 1735908234129,
                                "result": {
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                                  "code": "ERR_ASSERTION",
                                  "actual": false,
                                  "expected": true,
                                  "operator": "strictEqual",
                                  "message": "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52",
                                  "name": "AssertionError",
                                  "stack": "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52\n    at getOldEntries (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_getOldEntries.mjs:116:18)\n    at IncrementalRemoteWriter._prepare (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/IncrementalRemoteWriter.mjs:96:24)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
                                }
                              },
                              {
                                "id": "1735908234974",
                                "message": "clean-vm",
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                                "status": "success",
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                                "result": {
                                  "merge": false
                                }
                              },
                              {
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                                "message": "clean-vm",
                                "start": 1735908234994,
                                "status": "success",
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                              {
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                                "status": "success",
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                                "result": "319c12f9-6f35-411d-2a99-b2c55f7d469b"
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                              {
                                "data": {
                                  "id": "446f82eb-2794-4c01-bd71-e247abd6a39c",
                                  "isFull": true,
                                  "type": "remote"
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                                "id": "1735908236520",
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                                "status": "failure",
                                "end": 1735908236533,
                                "result": {
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                                  "actual": false,
                                  "expected": true,
                                  "operator": "strictEqual",
                                  "message": "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52",
                                  "name": "AssertionError",
                                  "stack": "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52\n    at getOldEntries (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_getOldEntries.mjs:116:18)\n    at IncrementalRemoteWriter._prepare (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/IncrementalRemoteWriter.mjs:96:24)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
                                }
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                              {
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                                  "code": "ERR_ASSERTION",
                                  "actual": false,
                                  "expected": true,
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                                  "message": "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52",
                                  "name": "AssertionError",
                                  "stack": "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52\n    at getOldEntries (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_getOldEntries.mjs:116:18)\n    at IncrementalRemoteWriter._prepare (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/IncrementalRemoteWriter.mjs:96:24)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
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                                "message": "Retry the VM backup due to an error"
                              },
                              {
                                "data": {
                                  "attempt": 2,
                                  "error": "all targets have failed, step: writer.prepare()"
                                },
                                "message": "Retry the VM backup due to an error"
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                                  "generatedMessage": false,
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                                  "operator": "strictEqual",
                                  "message": "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52",
                                  "name": "AssertionError",
                                  "stack": "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52\n    at getOldEntries (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_getOldEntries.mjs:116:18)\n    at IncrementalRemoteWriter._prepare (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/IncrementalRemoteWriter.mjs:96:24)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
                                },
                                {
                                  "generatedMessage": false,
                                  "code": "ERR_ASSERTION",
                                  "actual": false,
                                  "expected": true,
                                  "operator": "strictEqual",
                                  "message": "entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52",
                                  "name": "AssertionError",
                                  "stack": "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52\n    at getOldEntries (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_getOldEntries.mjs:116:18)\n    at IncrementalRemoteWriter._prepare (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_writers/IncrementalRemoteWriter.mjs:96:24)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)"
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                              "message": "all targets have failed, step: writer.prepare()",
                              "name": "Error",
                              "stack": "Error: all targets have failed, step: writer.prepare()\n    at IncrementalXapiVmBackupRunner._callWriters (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_vmRunners/_Abstract.mjs:64:13)\n    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)\n    at async IncrementalXapiVmBackupRunner._copy (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_vmRunners/IncrementalXapi.mjs:42:5)\n    at async IncrementalXapiVmBackupRunner.run (file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/_vmRunners/_AbstractXapi.mjs:396:9)\n    at async file:///root/xen-orchestra/@xen-orchestra/backups/_runners/VmsXapi.mjs:166:38"
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                        "end": 1735908237354
                      }
                      

                      Maybe I'm wrong but I think we have a problem here. Could have something to do with the new year.

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                        @ph7 This is being investigated by the XOA team. We will update this thread when more information is available.

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                          @Danp Any news?
                          I have no delta-backups since new year and I don't know what will happen if I set retention "Backup retention" to 0.
                          I don't see any options to disable retention temporarily so I disabled daily backups. We have full monthly backups, but daily and weekly stopped working and it's disturbing.
                          We use open-source edition, no offence or pressure intended; just curious since maybe it's reasonable to delete all backups after next monthly full-backup is complete

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                            @al-indigo I believe that a fix should be out by EOM.

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                              al-indigo @Danp
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                              @Danp Could you please tell what will happen if I set "0" in retention field and enable backups again? Will it erase all my delta-backups there?
                              54226b89-ae07-4056-925d-797d4ff50b0a-image.png

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                                @al-indigo AFAIK, the backup retention settings from the schedule won't be affected by changing the LTR values to zeros.

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                                  @Danp Do you have any updates on fix release estimation?

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                                    @al-indigo The fix is included in XOA 5.103.0, which was released last week.

                                    https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

                                    [Backup/LTR] Fix computation for the last week of the year (PR #8269)

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                                      @Danp Thank you very much! Missed it

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