restore of KVM - Systems

[debianfan]

Hi @all,

i do every night a backup of the KVM-Systems (1 with debian lenny & 2 systems with debian squeeze) by using this small shell script (with crontab):

datum=`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S`
mkdir /backup/${datum}
/usr/sbin/vzdump --dumpdir /backup/${datum}/ --stop --compress 101
/usr/sbin/vzdump --dumpdir /backup/${datum}/ --stop --compress 102
/usr/sbin/vzdump --dumpdir /backup/${datum}/ --stop --compress 103

The problem is the restore.

I tried to use the tool vzrestore - but he said that the system i wan't to restore is still existing.

The question is now:

Should i delete the system i wan't to restore first (in the proxmox administration menu) and then i am able to restore?

thanx

Sebastian

 

[tom]

first, with vzrestore you cannot restore a KVM VM - you need to use qmrestore.

you just need to specify another VMID if you do not want to delete the original VM - all this can be done via GUI. Backup Now, restore and also the schedule.

 

[debianfan]

restore by gui ???

there is only a backup-button

 

[tom]

just go to the 'backup' tab and you will the available backup for restore.

additionally, you can go to the storage content and restore from there.

 

[debianfan]

i think i am stupid - here is the image - there is no restore - only backup :-(

 

[tom]

yes, I am thinking in 2.x only.

1.x series is outdated and you should upgrade. sorry for confusion.

 

[m.ardito]

1.x series is outdated and you should upgrade. sorry for confusion.

anyway if you need to still use outdated 1.x, you have to restore from pve CLI, not gui.
see http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Qmrestore_manual

Marco