Can you specify the # of backups to be made?

[oeginc]

I've noticed that the format for the backup filenames has changed in order to allow you to have multiple backups, however by default the system appears to only keep the most recent.

Is there some way to tell it to keep the 3 most recent, for example?

Or better yet, keep the past 7 days, and the past 4 weeks?

 

[holgerb]

No, not for now ! proxmox currently deletes the old image automatically as part of the backup process.
My suggestion would be that you write a small shell script of "external rotation" which copies the current backup of the corresponding VM away to another place.
This shouldn't be so hard to do. I have the same thing on my to-do list but currently had no time.

 

[dietmar]

Is there some way to tell it to keep the 3 most recent, for example?

see 'man vzdump', option --maxfiles

You can set that in /etc/vzdump.conf (create the file if it does not exist).

 

[nabuhonodozor]

Dear Dietmar,
Could You elaborate it more - how to more than one backup file per container?

 

[tom]

create the vzdump config file:

nano /etc/vzdump.conf

maxfiles: 3

now, 3 backups are stored. but make sure you got enough space in your backup target.

 

[nabuhonodozor]

DEar Tom,

It works! Great help. This should be in the Wiki

Kind regards,
Piotr

 

[tom]

... users should read the wiki

http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Vzdump_manual

 

[JustaGuy]

This should be in the Wiki

users should read the wiki

We all should organize the wiki to lessen this reliance on asking questions in the forum.

No offense intended since I'm just as inactive as most, I often wish there was time to address some of that.

It's on the to-do list, so to speak.