Mount backup image in other VM

[pixel24]

Hi@all,

My PVE (6.4) backs up to a USB disk every night. Is there a way to mount this in another VM?

with best
pixel24

 

[leesteken]

You could look into setting up virtiofsd or 9p for accessing a filesystem on the host from inside a VM. Or unmount the disk from the host and try USB passthrough. If that does not work, you could consider PCIe passthrough of a whole USB controller (but that might not be possible). A bind-mount to a container instead of a VM would probably much simpler (except for file permissions). I hope these "search terms" can get you started on evaluating each approach.

 

[pixel24]

OK thanks. I will search here. Now I know at least a few options to look for.

I'm looking for a method in which I set up a restore VM which has an additional (empty) hard drive and restore the backup to it.