From: Yahya Jabary <y.jabary@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup] fix: #6496 - add `sync-job run` to docs
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:48:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260122144900.2144503-1-y.jabary@proxmox.com> (raw)
Signed-off-by: Yahya Jabary <y.jabary@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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2026-01-22 14:48 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH] add sync-job run to pbs/docs Yahya Jabary
2026-01-22 15:10 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup] fix: #6496 - add `sync-job run` to docs Yahya Jabary
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