Long-term retention of backups
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Thank you for reporting this fix, after I removed the
Number of weekly backups keptentry my backups are working again. Last night all our backups failed with theentries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52error. -
I have now, on the new year, added a new schedule to see if there will be any difference
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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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@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
- Shut down the VM to see if there is still a problem with the tools
- Run the original job manually
No. it did not work, still failing
entries must be sorted in asc order 2025-01 2025-52{ "data": { "mode": "delta", "reportWhen": "failure", "backupReportTpl": "mjml" }, "id": "1735908223694", "jobId": "6a12854b-cc07-4269-b780-fe87df6cd867", "jobName": "LongTerm-5+2", "message": "backup", "scheduleId": "4f8cc819-2cf7-42ac-94ae-ee005727ecf7", "start": 1735908223694, "status": "failure", "infos": [ { "data": { "vms": [ "1b75faf0-f4db-5aa9-d204-9bee6f2abfd6" ] }, "message": "vms" } ], "tasks": [ { "data": { "type": "VM", "id": "1b75faf0-f4db-5aa9-d204-9bee6f2abfd6", "name_label": "Debian" }, "id": "1735908225556", "message": "backup VM", "start": 1735908225556, "status": "failure", "tasks": [ { "id": "1735908225574", "message": "clean-vm", "start": 1735908225574, "status": "success", "end": 1735908225783, "result": { "merge": false } }, { "id": "1735908225605", "message": "clean-vm", "start": 1735908225605, "status": "success", "end": 1735908225828, "result": { "merge": false } }, { "id": "1735908226496", "message": "snapshot", "start": 1735908226496, "status": "success", "end": 1735908231603, "result": "4cf9de45-ff3f-f1a1-8a86-7b5cb03c9dd5" }, { "data": { "id": "446f82eb-2794-4c01-bd71-e247abd6a39c", "isFull": true, "type": "remote" }, "id": "1735908231603:0", "message": "export", "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": { "id": "0927f4dc-4476-4ac3-959a-bc37e85956df", "isFull": true, "type": "remote" }, "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)" } }, { "id": "1735908232625", "message": "clean-vm", "start": 1735908232625, "status": "success", "end": 1735908232700, "result": { "merge": false } }, { "id": "1735908232656", "message": "clean-vm", "start": 1735908232656, "status": "success", "end": 1735908232767, "result": { "merge": false } }, { "id": "1735908232981", "message": "snapshot", "start": 1735908232981, "status": "success", "end": 1735908234120, "result": "f614fec5-87a5-c227-4e0c-8fa76acbb271" }, { "data": { "id": "446f82eb-2794-4c01-bd71-e247abd6a39c", "isFull": true, "type": "remote" }, "id": "1735908234121", "message": "export", "start": 1735908234121, "status": "failure", "end": 1735908234135, "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": "1735908234121:0", "message": "export", "start": 1735908234121, "status": "failure", "end": 1735908234129, "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": "1735908234974", "message": "clean-vm", "start": 1735908234974, "status": "success", "end": 1735908235063, "result": { "merge": false } }, { "id": "1735908234994", "message": "clean-vm", "start": 1735908234994, "status": "success", "end": 1735908235091, "result": { "merge": false } }, { "id": "1735908235345", "message": "snapshot", "start": 1735908235345, "status": "success", "end": 1735908236519, "result": "319c12f9-6f35-411d-2a99-b2c55f7d469b" }, { "data": { "id": "446f82eb-2794-4c01-bd71-e247abd6a39c", "isFull": true, "type": "remote" }, "id": "1735908236520", "message": "export", "start": 1735908236520, "status": "failure", "end": 1735908236533, "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": "1735908236520:0", "message": "export", "start": 1735908236520, "status": "failure", "end": 1735908236527, "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)" } } ], "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": 1735908237352, "result": { "errors": [ { "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)" }, { "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)" } ], "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" } } ], "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 -
@al-indigo I believe that a fix should be out by EOM.
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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?
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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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