Full Server backup + restore solution

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speedbird

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Hey guys,
I was wondering what you're using to backup and restore the whole supervisor?

I do backup the pve config and all vms of course, but sometimes I wish restoring the whole supervisor when things go to shit could be as easy as restoring a vm.

So what do you guys use to backup the whole thing? I need a solution that would work with remote servers in datacenters as well.

Any thoughts? Oh and.... wouldn't mind if it didn't cost a fortune :D
 
Personally, I just minimize how much I customize PVE and back up /etc. I recently replaced my Intel server with a much newer AMD one and this approach had me back up pretty quickly. No worries about requiring different firmware packages or different devices that need a rebuilt initramdisk and that type of thing. But I only have the one machine. Enterprise users have a different set of problems.

A lot of people around here seem to use tools like Ansible to deploy their machines. That method kind of side-steps a whole set of issues, and is likely faster than what I do.
 
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i concur to @BobhWasatch approach. Have a cold standby with similiar hardware specs, potentially with the same shared storage. "Fast Backups, Fast Restores". No harm meant to the "cattle", but this is for me the "Cattle vs. Pets" thingy. Hypervisors should be "Cattle" Apologies to the "Cattle"!)
 
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