I have a PVE 8.4 installation that I want to delete and clean install 9.0. Not that I am afraid to do an upgrade (well, maybe a little) but moreso because I installed 8.4 as a test and did a lot of things that you're not supposed to do with it, like installing packages and other mucking around at the host level. So I'd like to nuke the host and clean install PVE 9.0. The only problem is I created several VMs that I'd like to keep. Can I copy or back them up to a different drive before I delete the host, and then restore them later? If you haven't guessed yet I am a PVE beginner.
Nuke the host, save the VMs
- Thread starter kydar
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Add a backup storage to the host, run the backup to it, verify those backups work, then nuke the host. Then you can just re-attach the backup to the host after the re-install like you did when it was on 8.4
Hi,
There are two main methods:
For option 2, if you move the backup file to the same path, you can restore it through the PVE 9 GUI.
If you need any additional information, please reply.
There are two main methods:
- Backup through Proxmox Backup Server
- Perform a local backup, then transfer the backup file located in /var/lib/vz/dump to a remote location
For option 2, if you move the backup file to the same path, you can restore it through the PVE 9 GUI.
If you need any additional information, please reply.