proxmox-backup-client

The GUI for browsing files in PBS (for host backups) and in VE (for VMs) is nice, but sometimes you just want a shell. proxmox-backup-client mount provides one, but that can be a pain to get working, especially when it's a LVM. I wrote a tool that provides a TUI to let you pick a backup group...

Hi, I noticed unexpected behavior with proxmox-backup-client during restore tests and would like to clarify whether this is intended or a bug. Environment / Setup Proxmox Backup Server 3.4.8 Proxmox backup client version: 4.1.1 I use one host per namespace. In this case, the namespace is...

Hi All! I would like to schedule backups for a filesystem on my PVE host to the PBS server with proxmox-backup-client. Running proxmox-backup-client backup "${LABEL}.pxar:${SOURCE_PATH}" --repository "${PBS_REPOSITORY}" without $PBS_PASSWORD set works fine. This prompts me for the password of...

I am using PBS as backup-solution for my PVE. My clients are backed up using restic at the moment, but I would like to switch to proxmox-backup-client for my clients. But I am not using debian-based distros. As I read in the official proxmox-repo there would be a statically linked binary...

I've been digging the web and forums and haven't found a solution for some sort of notification, either email or discord to notify me like regular VM backups when backing up from a host using the proxmox-backup-client. Simply, I need to get a notification via email or discord web hook on...

Hello everyone, i have been trying to build rpm package for version 3.3.3 and after sometime/struggle i managed to get it to work. Compiling instruction: https://github.com/ahmdngi/proxmox-backup-client This guide can work for RHEL8 and RHEL9 Last Tested: at 2025-03-25 on Rocky Linux 8.10...

Hi, I have been using proxmox-backup-client to create backups, which I can write to tapes. It's a pretty simple setup where I have a few SMB shares mounted locally (on the PBS itself), and then run a command in the style of (names changed obviously): proxmox-backup-client backup...

I was trying to get my head around using the private/public master key pair via the proxmox-backup-client. Inspired by this post and grasgruen.it's script in it , I wanted to simultaneously create an easy to use and fast way to restore the latest file-level-backup of a given host. This is the...

All, I have a not very happy server at a remote site that is backed up via proxmox backup client which backs up email. Due to server issues I am rebuilding from backups on a new machine. I have noticed that proxmox backup is amongst the quickist thing to scan the email directories and backup...

Hallo, ich versuche derzeit ein Backup eines Containers auf dem gleichen Host wieder einzuspielen, auf dem es auch erstellt wurde. Leider schlägt dies fehl: recovering backed-up configuration from 'roman:backup/ct/102/2024-09-30T00:16:20Z' Using encryption key from file descriptor...

Hello everyone, I have a 2 node cluster in my current setup. I want to use proxmox-backup-client to backup only the Hosts(Nodes) not the VMs, the VMs are already backed up to a NAS using the backup feature in VE. I already have a pbs setup where I want to backup the host and the VMs in the...

Hi zusammen, ich kann mit dem Proxmox Backup Server auf einem Linux Host ohne PVE ein Backup auf dem PBS erstellen. export PBS_REPOSITORY='root@pam!pbsbackup@10.27.12.34:zfs-pool' export PBS_PASSWORD='mysecret' proxmox-backup-client backup root.pxar:/ Wie kann ich aber dann eine komplette...

Dear all: I'm trying to integrate our physical machines into the PBS. For the first Ubuntu machines, the first initial backups via proxmox-backup-client have succeeded -- I'll come back with build-questions for RPM-based distros! But I did not find "best practice" advice how to set up the...

Hi, I am interested to leverage proxmox-backup-client to make backups on my hosts. I read several forum posts and tutorials and have successfully created the backup. Questions: 1/ I noticed that /etc/pve is not included in the backup, nor did I specified it in the .pxarexclude file. Why is...

Hi, I have a Debian 11 turnkey linux fileserver running as LXC container under ProxmoxVE8. I backup the data with proxmox-backup-client to a remote PBS3 datastore, which seems to work without problems. Login to PBS and following works: proxmox-backup-client snapshot list --ns...

Hi I'm trying to use: https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/backup-client.html#environment-variables PBS_PASSWORD_FILE=/etc/proxmox/filename1 PBS_ENCRYPTION_PASSWORD_FILE=/etc/proxmox/filename2 Contents of filename1 would be "ActualPassword" (no quotes) But as soon as I run the client i get prompted...

Both me and a coworker are getting the following error when attempting to install proxmox-backup-client on the latest version of Ubuntu: Any idea on how to best resolve this package version discrepancy? Our attempts resulted in a broken machine.

Since there is currently no official RPM build, I created automated builds of the proxmox-backup-client for RHEL based distros on Fedora's COPR. You can find the builds and further instructions here: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/derenderkeks/proxmox-backup-client/ The source for the...

I'm having problems with the --ns option for proxmox-backup-client. I can back up a client directory to the Root Namespace, as expected, using the following: proxmox-backup-client backup --backup-type host clientdata.pxar:/path/to/client/data --repository root@pam@192.168.1.10:8007:backups I...

I thought I'd experiment with using the Windows Subsystem for Linux which allows access to windows files at /mnt/c. Steps and output follow, but I am currently stuck with an error: "catalog upload error - channel closed" "Error: stat failed on "DumpStack.log.tmp": EACCES: Permission denied"...