T tenstareri New Member Sep 29, 2025 9 1 3 Oct 10, 2025 #1 Hi, I was wondering, is it possible to use a VM backup as a way to "clone" and spin up new machines when setting up new nodes?
Hi, I was wondering, is it possible to use a VM backup as a way to "clone" and spin up new machines when setting up new nodes?
Hannes Laimer Proxmox Staff Member Staff member Jul 27, 2020 929 218 88 26 Oct 10, 2025 #2 Hey, yes. That'll work, you just need access to the same backup storage. Backups do include the config, so you may have to update things like NIC names if they should be different on the new node after restoring.
Hey, yes. That'll work, you just need access to the same backup storage. Backups do include the config, so you may have to update things like NIC names if they should be different on the new node after restoring.