Recovery Scenario with rsync to S3 Backup

[kcpega]

Hi,

i sync my PBS storage with rsync to s3 and want to test recovery.
Can i only download the full "vm" and "chunk" folder for all vms at once or is it possible to download specific vms?

 

[Johannes S]

You will need to download all chunks otherwise this won't work. This is one of the reasons, why S3 is not really a good option for PBS

 

[kcpega]

Thanks.
It's ony intended as the very last option, in case my other Backups fail. And it's not too much Data. I can Download it in a couple of hours. I just wasnt sure if i could do a partial restore.

 

[khe]

If the folder structure in the bucket is the same as the pbs data storage expects, you can use rcloud mount to mount it as data storage. Be aware that browsing the content already may generate costs due to api calls. But you might be able to restore even at file level.