T tenstareri New Member Sep 29, 2025 7 1 3 Yesterday at 09:04 #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 914 205 88 26 Yesterday at 09:16 #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.