Proxmox Backup Client

Proven on:

	11 (bullseye)
	5

Time to see if we can use Proxmox Backup Server to backup Other machines on the network...

(Spoiler Alert... Yes, yes we can!)

Installation

• wget https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/proxmox-release-bullseye.gpg -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/proxmox-release-bullseye.gpg
• vi /etc/apt/sources.list
• add in:

# Proxmox Backup Server pbs-no-subscription repository provided by proxmox.com,
# NOT recommended for production use
deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pbs bullseye pbs-no-subscription

• vi /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pbs-client.list
• add in:

deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pbs-client bullseye main

• apt update
• apt-get install proxmox-backup-client

Backup Client Usage

Source

How To Use Proxmox Backup Client To Backup Files In Linux

Backing up random machines with proxmox-backup-client installed

Complete Machine

• sudo proxmox-backup-client backup TOTAL.pxar:/ --repository SchizoPoop.TinkerNet.ca:Other

Configuration

• sudo proxmox-backup-client backup ETC.pxar:/etc --repository SchizoPoop.TinkerNet.ca:Other

Individual User

• sudo proxmox-backup-client backup USERNAME.pxar:/home/username --repository SchizoPoop.TinkerNet.ca:Other

Oddities & such

During Install:

For some bizarre reason, the following errors happen during apt update on LMDE:

N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'pbs-no-subscription/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pbs bullseye InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'
N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pbs-client bullseye InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386'

But, apparently, they don't mean anything...

During a run:

storing login ticket failed: $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR must be set

Apparently, it's a harmless bug...

Error downloading .didx from previous manifest: Unable to open dynamic index "/mnt/datastore/Other/host/NaToth/2023-04-20T17:53:42Z/TINKER.pxar.didx" - No such file or directory (os error 2)

Happens first time you backup a particular dataset... (another "harmless bug"...)