PVE - Backups - Revision history

Tinker at 18:35, 5 July 2022

2022-07-05T18:35:30Z

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	'''Incredibly important.'''		'''Incredibly important.'''

	<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)~~;" data-mce-style="color: #ff0000~~;">'''Do Your Backups!'''</span>		<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" >'''Do Your Backups!'''</span>

	That said, manual backups kinda suck.		That said, manual backups kinda suck.

	& PVE backups through the [[PVE - Web UI\|Web UI]] are manual backups.		<span style="text-decoration: line-through;" >& PVE backups through the </span>[[PVE - Web UI{{!}}Web UI]]<span style="text-decoration: line-through;" > are manual backups.</span>

	If you want to do automated backups, you'll do them through the [[Linux - CLI\|CLI]] (Probably using [[Linux - cron\|cron]]...)		<span style="text-decoration: line-through;" >If you want to do automated backups, you'll do them through the </span>[[Linux - CLI{{!}}CLI]]<span style="text-decoration: line-through;" > (Probably using </span>[[Linux - cron{{!}}cron]]<span style="text-decoration: line-through;" >...)</span>

			<span style="color: rgb(132, 63, 161);" >'''NEW KNOWLEDGE:''' Backup automation in PVE is done at the '''''Datacenter''''' level. (Still relevant info here tho... Management through the Web UI isn't ALWAYS possible.)</span>

	The tool PVE provides is [https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/vzdump.1.html vzdump].		The tool PVE provides is [https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/vzdump.1.html vzdump].

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Restoring from Backups

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	You can even embed identifying information automatically into your note. (The variables: <nowiki>{{cluster}}, {{guestname}}, {{node}}, and {{vmid}}</nowiki> are available.)		You can even embed identifying information automatically into your note. (The variables: <nowiki>{{cluster}}, {{guestname}}, {{node}}, and {{vmid}}</nowiki> are available.)
	= Restoring from Backups =		= Restoring from Backups =
			* qmrestore -Virtual Machine restore utility
			* pct restore -Container restore utility

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Some examples

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	The tool PVE provides is [https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/vzdump.1.html vzdump].		The tool PVE provides is [https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/vzdump.1.html vzdump].
	==Some examples==		= Creating Backups =
	===Selecting which VMs to backup===		== Some examples ==
			=== Selecting which VMs to backup ===

	* <code>vzdump ''VMID''</code>		* <code>vzdump ''VMID''</code>
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	* <code>vzdump ''VMID1'' ''VMID2'' ''VMID3''</code>		* <code>vzdump ''VMID1'' ''VMID2'' ''VMID3''</code>
	Backs up the 3 specified VMs.		Backs up the 3 specified VMs.
	===Selecting WHERE to put the backups===		=== Selecting WHERE to put the backups ===

	* <code>vzdump VMID --storage Datastore</code>		* <code>vzdump VMID --storage Datastore</code>
	Backs up the VM to the selected [[PVE -_Datastores\|Datastore]].		Backs up the VM to the selected [[PVE -_Datastores{{!}}Datastore]].
	* <code>vzdump VMID --dumpdir Location</code>		* <code>vzdump VMID --dumpdir Location</code>
	Backs up the VM to a specific location on the underlying (bare-metal) filesystem.		Backs up the VM to a specific location on the underlying (bare-metal) filesystem.

	===Adding notes to the backup===		=== Adding notes to the backup ===

	* <code>vzdump VMID --notes-template "This is a note about the backup"</code>		* <code>vzdump VMID --notes-template "This is a note about the backup"</code>
	You can even embed identifying information automatically into your note. (The variables: <nowiki>{{cluster}}, {{guestname}}, {{node}}, and {{vmid}}</nowiki> are available.)		You can even embed identifying information automatically into your note. (The variables: <nowiki>{{cluster}}, {{guestname}}, {{node}}, and {{vmid}}</nowiki> are available.)
			= Restoring from Backups =

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Backups are important.

'''Incredibly important.'''

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" data-mce-style="color: #ff0000;">'''Do Your Backups!'''</span>

That said, manual backups kinda suck.

& PVE backups through the [[PVE - Web UI|Web UI]] are manual backups.

If you want to do automated backups, you'll do them through the [[Linux - CLI|CLI]] (Probably using [[Linux - cron|cron]]...)

The tool PVE provides is [https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/vzdump.1.html vzdump].
==Some examples==
===Selecting which VMs to backup===

* <code>vzdump ''VMID''</code>
Backs up a specific VM.
* <code>vzdump --all</code>
Backs up ALL of the VMs on the node.
* <code>vzdump ''VMID1'' ''VMID2'' ''VMID3''</code>
Backs up the 3 specified VMs.
===Selecting WHERE to put the backups===

* <code>vzdump VMID --storage Datastore</code>
Backs up the VM to the selected [[PVE -_Datastores|Datastore]].
* <code>vzdump VMID --dumpdir Location</code>
Backs up the VM to a specific location on the underlying (bare-metal) filesystem.

===Adding notes to the backup===

* <code>vzdump VMID --notes-template "This is a note about the backup"</code>
You can even embed identifying information automatically into your note. (The variables: <nowiki>{{cluster}}, {{guestname}}, {{node}}, and {{vmid}}</nowiki> are available.)