File Backup on a VM

[iranikarim]

Is there a way to backup files and folders of a VM hosted on Proxmox without taking a full backup of the VM itself. I mean a file backup job only

in addition , is there a way to backup a postgres DB, also without backing up the full VM

Thanks

 

[Moayad]

Yes, if the VM is based on Debian, Ubuntu you can install Proxmox Backup Server [0] on that VM, and then you can use proxmox-backup-client [0] to do a backup of a folder or file to PBS.

[0] https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/installation.html#install-proxmox-backup-client-on-debian
[1] https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/backup-client.html

 

[iranikarim]

Thanks. Does this also mean that I can have a backup of the PostgreSQL database? And can this be considered as a centralized solution if I have multiple VMs where I need to backup their files only?

 

[Moayad]

Hi,

Does this also mean that I can have a backup of the PostgreSQL database?

Yes.

And can this be considered as a centralized solution if I have multiple VMs where I need to backup their files only?

If you want only to backup files/folders, you can use proxmox-backup-client inside your VM. Otherwise, backup the VM itself.