File based restore

[netbone]

Helo. One of my proxmox servers crashed, but I have a full backup of directory /private with all VE inside. Is there an easy way to restore or what is the fastest way? Thank you.

 

[dietmar]

Helo. One of my proxmox servers crashed, but I have a full backup of directory /private with all VE inside. Is there an easy way to restore or what is the fastest way? Thank you.

I guess you can just copy the data (rsync, cp). But you also need the container configuration files - you have them stored too?

 

[netbone]

no. i have only content of /private

 

[dietmar]

no. i have only content of /private

Then you need to recreate those config files manually.

 

[netbone]

can you tell me where to find these files normally? (location and name)

thank you.

 

[dietmar]

can you tell me where to find these files normally? (location and name)

/etc/vz/conf/<vmid>.conf

 

[vcp_ai]

/etc/vz/conf/<vmid>.conf

Could you add this to the 2.0 RoadMap as a Backup Tool ??
Regards

 

[tom]

vzdump backup includes config files (since the beginning).
or what do you mean?

 

[vcp_ai]

vzdump backup includes config files (since the beginning).
or what do you mean?

Just an easy way to backup config files on the same server, where I'm actually performing raw file backups .
Probably is a redundancy of a novice user ...

Regards

 

[tom]

vzdump is doing this, what do you miss exactly? looks that I do not get your problem ...

 

[vcp_ai]

vzdump is doing this, what do you miss exactly? looks that I do not get your problem ...

As I told it is a redundancy:
- I'm doing backups with vzdump
&
-Also doing backups of *.conf and *.raw

After your inputs, If I want a redundancy, a can make a second copy of the vzdump *.tar.

Thanks & Regards

 

[tom]

so you want that we implement the same backup thing again? this makes really no sense to me ...

 

[vcp_ai]

so you want that we implement the same backup thing again? this makes really no sense to me ...

I agree with you

 

[JustaGuy]

If I want a redundancy, a can make a second copy of the vzdump *.tar.

You can make the built-in backup of Proxmox keep a certain number of backups before it overwrites what's been done previously.

Make a file /etc/vzdump.conf
and put this line in it

maxfiles: 2

In this case if you do a weekly backup, there would always be a copy of the most recent backup, as well as the week before.

This setting is global, and applies to all the backup directories in use, for every backup job.

 

[vcp_ai]

You can make the built-in backup of Proxmox keep a certain number of backups before it overwrites what's been done previously.

Make a file /etc/vzdump.conf
and put this line in it

maxfiles: 2

In this case if you do a weekly backup, there would always be a copy of the most recent backup, as well as the week before.

This setting is global, and applies to all the backup directories in use, for every backup job.

Thanks