[SOLVED] How to browse the files of a VM backup

[alex3025]

I saw that this question shows up often but I still didn't found an answer.

On PBS I can browse directly the content of a LXCs backup because it's done file-level.

On the other side, VMs backups are done on the block-level so I can't directly browse their content.

My final question is, there's a way I can mount VM backups? Using the backup client? Creating a temporary VM and restore the backup to extract the files I need?

The backups are in .fidx format.

Thanks

 

[fabian]

only on PVE, since this requires proper VM support. it's integrated in the GUI and also available via the proxmox-backup-file-restore command there.

 

[fabian]

you can "map" a fdix disk image using the client also on PBS, but then you need to do all the mounting/making accessible yourself (and doing that on the PBS host directly is probably not a good idea for safety and security reasons..)

 

[alex3025]

only on PVE, since this requires proper VM support. it's integrated in the GUI and also available via the proxmox-backup-file-restore command there.

So using that tool I can access the files inside a VM backup in an "easy" way?

If yes, how do I move a backup from PBS to PVE? Do I just copy the files manually? Or there's a designated way to do that?

 

[fabian]

for the GUi you configure PVE to be able to access the PBS instance (same as for doing backups?), then navigate to the storage content view and click the file-restore button.

for proxmox-file-restore, you need to pass the information about where to find PBS, similar to using proxmox-backup-client manually (see "man proxmox-file-restore")

 

[alex3025]

for the GUi you configure PVE to be able to access the PBS instance (same as for doing backups?), then navigate to the storage content view and click the file-restore button.

for proxmox-file-restore, you need to pass the information about where to find PBS, similar to using proxmox-backup-client manually (see "man proxmox-file-restore")

Oh, it was so easy! This can be closed now! Thanks