I have a small homelab and only need a few VMs so I have 1/2 dozen TB of storage going to "waste" and using up electricity. Is there any possibility of being able to us PBS as a "normal" backup server as well as for PVE based VMs and CTs?
Backing up regular data
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What do you expect from a "normal" backup server? You can use PBS to backup VMs, CTs, or simply create file archives.
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Thanks for replying. On a PVE node I manually created a ZFS dataset and rsync'd 2TB of media from a QNAP device. I then installed the nfs-kernel-server package, so I could mount and manage this dataset from my workstation and also installed minidlna, so I can view the media on my LAN.
This dataset is not visible in the PVE gui so I am not sure of the best way to get a backup of this dataset onto my PBS server?
Could I have created this non-VM/CT dataset in the gui first (how)?
What is the best way to manage this kind of data using PVE/PBS?
What is a "file archive" in this context?
This dataset is not visible in the PVE gui so I am not sure of the best way to get a backup of this dataset onto my PBS server?
Could I have created this non-VM/CT dataset in the gui first (how)?
What is the best way to manage this kind of data using PVE/PBS?
What is a "file archive" in this context?
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The docs contains some info about this:
https://www.proxmox.com/de/downloads/item/proxmox-backup-admin-guide-2-x
section 7.4 Creating Backups
https://www.proxmox.com/de/downloads/item/proxmox-backup-admin-guide-2-x
section 7.4 Creating Backups