Move namespaces or individual backups to another local storage

[andre78]

Hi, I am running Proxmox Backup Server 2.4-3 in a VM on a TrueNAS Server.

So far I had connected a local path from TrueNas Scale into the PBX using NFS, mounted as /nfs/pbx. For performance reasons, I would like to switch to ZFS using a zvol provided from TrueNAS, which I added now as an additional storage (/mnt/datastore/pbx_z/)
Is there a way to move whole namespaces or at least Backups from the NFS datastore to the ZFS datastore?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Dunuin]

You could use the sync task to copy backups# snapshots between datastores or namespaces. You just need to create a "localhost" target first for local sync jobs.

 

[fabian]

yes, a sync job (or one off "proxmox-backup-manager pull ..") is the way to go, by first defining a remote pointing at the same PBS instance.

 

[andre78]

thank you both for your reply!

I am going to sound stupid now, but I looked the UI up and down... How do I set up the localhost target? Also not sure I understand what's meant with remote, an external data storage?

 

[fabian]

you first define the remote, then point the sync/pull at it:

https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/managing-remotes.html

 

[Dunuin]

How do I set up the localhost target? Also not sure I understand what's meant with remote, an external data storage?

Sorry, was missing the correct word. Yes, I meant creating a "remote" and instead of pointing that to another PBS instance you point it to itself using "localhost" or "127.0.0.1" as "host".

 

[andre78]

Thank you very much both, I figured it out thanks to your help.