So i know there is a way to backup the vms and i do this. My question is how do i back up the actual host? To include config files and everything. Basically if my machine died today i would be able to take a new hard drive and restore the config back to exactly what it was.... I have a lot of custom configs and i try to take notes when i make changes. But so much has changed and i'm worried without backup it will be difficult to get my host back to what it is now.
Host Backup
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Hi,
You can use the `proxmox-backup-client backup` tool [0] from PBS to make a backup of the /etc/ folder etc... e.g.:
[0] https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/proxmox-backup-client/synopsis.html
You can use the `proxmox-backup-client backup` tool [0] from PBS to make a backup of the /etc/ folder etc... e.g.:
Bash:
proxmox-backup-client backup root.pxar:/root/ --repository PBS-IP:Datastore[0] https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/proxmox-backup-client/synopsis.html
Is there a definitive list of what to back up as "/etc/ folder etc" is a bit vague and I'm sure there are other folders that would be good to back up?
Perhaps a future possibility is some kind of function that backs up just the host config to a local folder, in a zip perhaps, that we can then back up separately however we want. The zip could then be used to restore after performing a clean install or even during the install to get the host back to the previous state. My OPNsense firewall does this very effectively and has saved me a few times recovering from various hardware failures.
Perhaps a future possibility is some kind of function that backs up just the host config to a local folder, in a zip perhaps, that we can then back up separately however we want. The zip could then be used to restore after performing a clean install or even during the install to get the host back to the previous state. My OPNsense firewall does this very effectively and has saved me a few times recovering from various hardware failures.