Ideas for Improvement

[stsinc]

Hi,
Thank you for PBS which is an excellent product.
I have some improvement ideas though:

• one easily forgets the content of CTs or VMs. It would be useful to manage them in PBS interface using their names, along with their CTID.
• I am puzzled (and a bit worried) with a feature of PBS: when you delete a CT in Proxmox VE, it also gets deleted in PBS storage. Ths is really dangerous as PBS should be a last resort safety against bad manipulations in Proxmox, notably deleting a CT...

 

[tom]

Hi,
Thank you for PBS which is an excellent product.
I have some improvement ideas though:

• one easily forgets the content of CTs or VMs. It would be useful to manage them in PBS interface using their names, along with their CTID.

You can add a comment to each backup so you can identify your backup.

I am puzzled (and a bit worried) with a feature of PBS: when you delete a CT in Proxmox VE, it also gets deleted in PBS storage. Ths is really dangerous as PBS should be a last resort safety against bad manipulations in Proxmox, notably deleting a CT...

No, backups will NOT be removed when you remove the VM or container. check again.

 

[stsinc]

#2: my impression was that, since Proxmox recycles CTIDs, older backups of a node with the same CTID would be deleted.

 

[stsinc]

#1: where do you add the notes? Here is a screen copy of what I see when I click on the backup central storage:



I cannot figure out where I add notes in this interface.

I also checked the central control panel of backups, at the Datacenter level (Datacenter > Backup) and I can't figure it either:



And here is the dialog when I double click a line:


What am I missing here?

Best,
Stephen

 

[tom]

#2: my impression was that, since Proxmox recycles CTIDs, older backups of a node with the same CTID would be deleted.

A removal of a VM or CT via Proxmox VE interface will not remove the backup.

 

[tom]

I cannot figure out where I add notes in this interface.

You cannot do it on all places (will be improved), see my screenshot.

 

[stsinc]

OK, I understand, but this is not the way I backup my CTs and VMs: I use the central automated scheduling system, rarely the "one time backup" system.

 

[stsinc]

Besides, even in the one-time backu, there is no input to add notes while launching the backup:

 

[tom]

See also

https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3207

 

[stsinc]

Well, basically they agree with me ;o)))