Backup Proxmox OS and all VM config without VM disk
- Thread starter SunTsu
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hi,
the configuration files of guests and other PVE-related things (storage, firewall etc.) are stored in
i guess the simplest way is to backup the sqlite database located in
from this thread[0]:
in the thread there are also some other methods discussed.
hope this helps!
[0]: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/backing-up-proxmox-the-host-itself-what-and-how.24672/
the configuration files of guests and other PVE-related things (storage, firewall etc.) are stored in
/etc/pve/ directoryi'm not sure how you could restore all of that if you didn't document all the changes you made..
i guess the simplest way is to backup the sqlite database located in
/var/lib/pve-cluster/config.db (which is what our cluster filesystem uses)from this thread[0]:
Code:
# sqlite3 /var/lib/pve-cluster/config.db ".backup /path/to/backup/config.db.`date -Isec`"in the thread there are also some other methods discussed.
hope this helps!
[0]: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/backing-up-proxmox-the-host-itself-what-and-how.24672/