Proxmox VE Host Backup to PBS

You can already do that using the proxmox-backup-client. It can backup any block device or file/folder you want. You could for example create a bootable Debian USB stick, boot it, install the proxmox-backup-client package and then backup/restore your unmounted PVE system disks to/from your PBS.

Or if you just want a backup of your config files you could use cron to to start the proxmox-backup-client to backup your "/etc" folder.
 
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Thank you for the quick answer, altough I'm comfortable with the CLI, I would prefer the GUI for my Teammates to use.
FYI:
I got a 3-Node Cluster, where PVE is installed on a ZFS Mirror, all nodes are Identical.
I will take the option with the /etc folder for now, but my initial question was when we can expect to see the Roadmap feature in the Final version.
 
I think it's clear what we are looking for. How would we as a community effectively communicate this desire to the Proxmox team? Nodes have very specific changes from base installation for many HW configs so rather than having to continually update/test an Ansible playbook, a simple instant-restore from local PBS would really makes us sleep better at night :)

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