Proxmox: Broken partition images were found

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Proxmox: Broken partition images were found

Forum: Help

Creator: aloisio mello

Created: 2025-03-23

Updated: 2025-04-02

aloisio mello - 2025-03-23

I have three proxmox nodes in a cluster: A Lenovo, a Dell T5820, and a Mac Mini.

The installation for all was the same: Boot from usb key, install onto a single SSD.

The first one was the Lenovo.

After the installation I've added 3 SSDs for a ZFS pool, done all updates, shutdown down and boot clonezilla to create the image. At the end the Bronken partition error cames up.

I repeat the same steps for my Dell and no errors from clonezilla.

Created a cluster with the three nodes and tried today to use clonezilla to create the images with the same results: Lenovo errors out and Dell doesn't.

Again, only creating the image for the boot ssd.

Attached the logs for the Lenovo clonezilla run.

I can move all VMs to my Dell to run any tests you guy might want, so I can help solve this issue as I did see several posts with this same problem.

Regards

clonezilla.log

ocs-chk-img.log

ocs-mount.log

ocs-netcfg.log

partclone-pve-root.log

partclone-sdb1.log

partclone-sdb2.log

partclone.log

pve-root-img-chk.log

sdb2-img-chk.log

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aloisio mello - 2025-03-27

So tests continue, while I wait for some replies...

Built a new test server with a Supermicro X9, installed Proxmox VE on a SSD, created a LVM Thin for the VMs, joined my cluster and was able to create an image of my SSD boot with clonezilla.

So the question remains: Why didn't work on the Lenovo from fresh install 'til now?

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Steven Shiau - 2025-03-29

There are two issues about your proxmox and Clonezilla which you have to notice:
1. proxmox uses thin-provisioning LVM.
2. It also uses ZFS
Both these are not well supported by Clonezilla. Hence issues are expected.

Steven

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aloisio mello - 2025-04-02

Thank you for your reply.

Since my last post, I've moved away from the Lenovo desktop and moved my proxmox to my dells T5820 (2 of them) and a Mac Mini - as a low wattage node to add to the cluster.

All with SSDs as boot that are been backed up with clinezilla no problem, so I do beliave the issue was a combination hardware/LVM with the Lenovo, as I'm using it for my linux desktop and clonezilla works fine.

Unfortunatelly I can no longer run any tests as I had to move on and get my setup working.

This issue is closed without resolution.

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