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[baalkor]

Hello,

Quick question. We are enisionning to replace a Veeam instance by PBS.
- Does one of you did perform regular backups other OS than Debian using the statically linked client on bare-metal server ?
- Do we have to manage this agent ourselves ?
- Can we backup unstructured data such as NFS shares ?

Sincerely,

 

[stamox]

Hi,

PBS works best with Proxmox VE VMs and containers (integrated snapshots, deduplication, fast incremental backups).

It can also back up other machines via the Proxmox Backup Client (Linux/Windows), but this is file-level and not as application-aware as Veeam.

If you’re only backing up Proxmox workloads, PBS is usually a strong replacement.

If you rely on advanced Veeam integrations with VMware/Hyper-V or granular application restores, you might lose functionality.

 

[Johannes S]

If you rely on advanced Veeam integrations with VMware/Hyper-V or granular application restores, you might lose functionality.

A possible workaround could be to install a Veeam agent inside the VM for the application backups (e.G. ActiveDirectory or MSS SQL server). I remember @Falk R. mentioned that he uses this approach for some of his customers: The vms and lxcs are backed up with Proxmox Backup Server. Additionally ActiveDirectory Controllers, MS SQL Servers etc have a Veeam agent running inside their VM who does application-level backups. Since this reduces the needed costs for Veeam it's still cheaper than using Veeam for everything, even with the subscription for ProxmoxBackupServer.
At least in theory, I don't have practical experience myself But Falks reasoning and description sounds legit to me.