What is creating my snapshots?
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Question:
How can I take back control automatic snapshots?
(can't find existing snapshot job)The problem:
I'm seeing daily snapshots for my older VMs, the snapshots are being retained for a week then removed. The name of the snapshots is "[XO Backup VM Daily Snapshots] backups".
There are no backup jobs at all enabled in the Backup->Overview page. However in the Backup->Health page, I see these snapshots in the "Detached VM snapshots" list with a reason: "Missing job".
I've had xcp-ng running for a few years and I seem to recall (but I'm not certain) that on the Snapshots page, there used to be a button for Scheduling Snapshots, but I don't see it now.
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@olivierlambert THAT'S IT!!! I found it on my other XO!! THANKS!!!
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@emintz Do you see a job named "VM Daily Snapshots" on the Backups > Overview tab? If not, then I would check for another instance of XO(A) running somewhere.
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@Danp thanks for the reply. Nope - they don't show on the overview.
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Maybe you have another XO somewhere. Jobs are stored and managed by XO, not XCP-ng. Check the audit log of your XCP-ng host, you'll see which IP address is sending the snapshot order at the time of this snap.
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@olivierlambert THAT'S IT!!! I found it on my other XO!! THANKS!!!
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There's no dark magic
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@emintz I guess you missed this part of my post.
If not, then I would check for another instance of XO(A) running somewhere.
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@Danp Yup. I did miss it... and you were right. Thanks!
