I am hosting PBS under PVE. Should I install Guest Agent manually?

[PythonTrader]

I installed PBS using its ISO on my main PVE.

I was expecting that PBS installation ISO comes with Guest Agent, but apparently it doesn't:



Should install the guest agent manually?

 

[Dunuin]

Should install the guest agent manually?

If you care about consistent backups, yes.

 

[PythonTrader]

If you care about consistent backups, yes.

Thank you for help.

Is there any circumstance that the guest agents should NOT be installed on a PBS VM?

 

[Dunuin]

Installing it is nearly always best practice. There are very rare cases (I think some DBs on Windows) where the fsfreeze might be problematic but I don't see anything that could be problematic with PBS.

 

[PythonTrader]

Installing it is nearly always best practice. There are very rare cases (I think some DBs on Windows) where the fsfreeze might be problematic but I don't see anything that could be problematic with PBS.

Thank you @Dunuin . I am new here and you helped me a lot. Appreciate it.