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Proxmox Backups

Jobs scheduled at the Datacenter level. Must be stored in something marked for VZDump backup file by Proxmox

TODO: Get Proxmox Backup Server going

Proxmox Wiki - Backup and Restore

NFS Backups

1. Add NFS Share

Needs to be set up at the Datacenter level

add NFS

NFS Configuration

Field Note
ID Name for the Storage in Proxmox
Server Hostname of the NFS server
Export Dropdown should populate with available shares
Content
Resultant config
In /etc/pve/storage.cfg
nfs: <share_id>
    export <path on NFS server>
    path /mnt/pve/<share ID>
    server <NFS server hostname>
    content backup
    prune-backups keep-all=1

Backup Retention

Keep all backups here. Pruning will be done on the backup job itself

backup retention

2. Create Backup Job

  • Done at the Datacenter level

  • Backup retention rules can be set