A Note: Deleted PBS Storage on PVE, Pruned all Backups from PBS, Re-Added PBS Storage to PVE … PVE thinks old backups are still there (temporarily)?

Hello,

Just a note for anyone else to help them avoid a blood pressure spike.

I previously had my PVE host configured to backup to a @tuxis free PBS instance. After a bit of testing with some throwaway VMs, I had it all working but realized I'd forgot to apply client-side encryption. I also wanted to switch to an API token to authenticate to Tuxis.

So, I deleted the PBS storage from PVE, and on the PBS server itself, deleted, GC'd, and pruned the backed up files.

I re-added...

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