Push sync job from PBS to NAS (nfs)

[mhert]

My backup plan syncs the backup on the local storage at the pbs server to a remote nfs share on a nas.

If I set up a sync job for this I think this scenario isn't envisaged by pbs as I only can do this if I turn the remote storage (nas) to a local
storage by mounting the nfs-share to pbs.



So for me this look weird... but it works...

Maybe it can be changed in future versions by adding a third location like: Local | Remote PBS | Remote Share ?

 

[nmincone]

I do something similar. I use PBS running on a Synology as a VM. And all my VM's are backed up to a NFS share on the NAS. Some say NFS is not 100% supported but seems to work well for me too.
Before using PBS, I just backed up from PVE directly to a NFS share, but decided I liked the file recovery option using PBS.

 

[Chris]

Hi,
sync jobs are not intended for syncs between a PBS instance and an external storage, but rather to sync contents in between to different PBS datastore on 2 different instances (Remote) or 2 local datastores on the same PBS instance (Local).

What storage is backing the datastore is not of importance (other than the huge performance toll you typically pay for NFS attached storages). So your setup with 2 local datastores, one backed by local storage and the other one by a network storage requires you to have a local sync job to pull contents from you local storage to the nfs storage. That seems correctly set up.

There is currently no plan to include a remote dump functionality (you call it remote share) as you describe AFAIK.

 

[nmincone]

@Chris thank you. I've read many threads regarding saving to NFS shares, I have PBS and my NFS share both on a DS1515+ and performance has been very good.