PBS naming convention on folder structure uses colon character ":" - that is reserved on windows os

[dierochade]

I want to copy my backups on a second server that runs windows as os and ntfs as filesystem. Unfortunately I face errors as the "timestamp" in the directories that are autocreated are formatted like "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ:

example:

pbs\vm\116\2025-04-10T00:40:22Z\qemu-server.conf.blob

The colon causes trouble, so I cannot copy the backup to my windows server...

Any suggestions?

 

[_gabriel]

Share your ntfs folder to allow mount into CIFS mountpoint from your PBS.
(CIFS will do the conversion of colon).
Then add mount point as Datastore.
Then use "Sync Jobs" to "copy" backups.
Don't forget data is stored in ".chunks" folder , "vm" folders are just the map/list/manifest of chunks used.

 

[dierochade]

Share your ntfs folder to allow mount into CIFS mountpoint from your PBS.
(CIFS will do the conversion of colon).
Then add mount point as Datastore.
Then use "Sync Jobs" to "copy" backups.
Don't forget data is stored in ".chunks" folder , "vm" folders are just the map/list/manifest of chunks used.

I did set this up and some testing. Everything works as expected and convinient/nice features too.

Thank you for the support!