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    Date-based backup retention

    Hello everyone, Is there any way to have retention run based on DATE instead of COUNT? The PBS 4.1.6 Prune settings do not allow for any "delete after 1 month" or the like. The problem with this is that any time a VM changes ID, gets deleted or moves to a different namespace those backups get...
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    PBS 4.0.15 – Retention (keep-daily/keep-monthly) not pruning expected snapshots? (real case with output)

    Hi all, I’m looking for confirmation/guidance on Proxmox Backup Server retention behavior. I’ve read the docs, but in my tests the results don’t match expectations, and I’d like to understand whether I’m misreading the rules or there’s something off. TL;DR PBS 4.0.15, datastore Backup...
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    Prune Job not pruning.

    Hi, I need some clarification about the pruning behaviour of the PBS Server. I usually let the PBS Server do all the pruning to keep permission as restrictive as possible. Essentielly Datastore.Backup is the only Role I need to assign the User. I have a Datastore with 14 daily, 8 weekly and 6...
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    [SOLVED] Pruning: What happens when removing a VM and later creating a new one with the same ID

    Hello, let's start with the following scenario: I created a VM with Windows and ID 110. The VM is backuped by PBS with a pruning of keep-daily=7. I no longer need this VM and decide to delete it. When deleting the backup does not automatically get deleted as well. Question 1: If I waited 7...
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