Incremental backups Configuration

[hakim_riad]

Hello,


I am reaching out to inquire about the possibility of configuring incremental backups for virtual machines in a Proxmox virtual environment.
Is it possible to configure incremental backups without Proxmox Backup Server ?

Could you please provide guidance on the process or any best practices you recommend?

Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to your response.

Best regards,

 

[UdoB]

Is it possible to configure incremental backups without Proxmox Backup Server ?

• each and every backup transports only new/modified data from the source to the PBS. It works incrementally/differentially. The whole shebang ist only transported once!
• each and every backup looks like a full backup. The magic of the "chunks" and de-duplication does work.

Disclaimer: I am just a user...

 

[RichardH]

Is it possible to configure incremental backups without Proxmox Backup Server ?

Could you please provide guidance on the process or any best practices you recommend?

It is not possible to do incremental backups without PBS using the built-in tools.
If you configure backups to local/NAS-storage using VZdump it will be a full back-up every time the backup runs.

BR,
Richard