Busy to get some documentation/preparations in place, and the question popped up: What is needed to recover a PBS server with intact datastores, but the rpool/root disk(s) failed got corrupted? (case in point a server with a single NVMe or two similar SSDs that fails together or other operator error)
The question I haven't found and answer for in the documentation yet (perhaps misreading from my side?) boils down to:
So the failed system disk procedure would then be something like:
Anything else I missed or are not aware of that would also need to be backed up and restored?
The question I haven't found and answer for in the documentation yet (perhaps misreading from my side?) boils down to:
- What needs to be saved separated from the rpool to make restoration easy/simple?
/etc/proxmox-backup
corect?So the failed system disk procedure would then be something like:
- Replace system disk(s)
- Install PBS from ISO
- import datastores (assumption datastore zpools separate from system disks)
- restore
/etc/proxmox-backup
from backup - initiate datastore verifications just to be on the safe side
- go to pub and enjoy a beer!
Anything else I missed or are not aware of that would also need to be backed up and restored?