Monthly Backup
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Hi,
since PBS doesn't pull in backups, this depends on the client. You just need to set up a monthly cron job or systemd timer that runs your
In case you're talking about integration in PVE, it's currently not possible to set up a schedule that's less than weekly without manual editing. But we are working on it. In the meantime you'll either have to edit the schedule for an existing job in
since PBS doesn't pull in backups, this depends on the client. You just need to set up a monthly cron job or systemd timer that runs your
proxmox-backup-client command.In case you're talking about integration in PVE, it's currently not possible to set up a schedule that's less than weekly without manual editing. But we are working on it. In the meantime you'll either have to edit the schedule for an existing job in
/etc/pve/vzdump.cron or create your own vzdump cron job.
Hi,
if you want to backup PVE guests, the easiest way is to set up a job via the PVE web UI and then manually edit the schedule in
You cannot do so directly in
proxmox-backup-client, you need to have something that executes the command according to a schedule. Tools for that are cron (also take at look at existing jobs in /etc/cron.d where you most likely want to put your own too) and systemd-timers.if you want to backup PVE guests, the easiest way is to set up a job via the PVE web UI and then manually edit the schedule in
/etc/pve/vzdump.cron to make it less frequent. Please note that you won't be able to see/edit the jobs via the web UI afterwards. We're also planning on making schedules less restrictive in the UI in a future release.
Thanks for the info. I also wanted to chime in that I am looking for a feature in the WEB UI where I can do once a month instead of once a week.
I have like 50 containers, and some of them don't need to be backed up weekly, once a month would be fine.
For instance I have some containers that use in memory databases. I had to disable the backups on it because it made too difficult to use it the way that I want to.
I have like 50 containers, and some of them don't need to be backed up weekly, once a month would be fine.
For instance I have some containers that use in memory databases. I had to disable the backups on it because it made too difficult to use it the way that I want to.