[SOLVED] Restoring data/VM on a ZFS partition.

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hsdredgun

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Good day!

Yesterday I wanted to try to backup my server with all my VM installed as I will have to move SSD tomorrow. The idea was very simple:

Use Proxmox server on the VM where I install everything run the backup to an external drive. (I know it's not the best practice but I do not have a second server to run PBS on his own)

Steps I took: Connect PBS to an direct usb back up all the data of my PVE to external destroy everything then trying to restore everything.

So far I was able to destroy everything which I'm quite skilled at. And then I was able to move my old ZFS pool call "backup" to my new system with: zpool import -f backup.

The back up pool is now showing on my new system as you can see here

The restoring data is here on this SSD but I unfortunately I can't figure this one out any help would be appreciated. This is just a test but I would love to learn this how I'm just getting started with Proxmox


Thank you :) And of course merry Christmas
 
Hello hsdredgun! The documentation on restoring VMs will help here. You can either do this in the GUI or by using the command line, as explained in the documentation. The following should work for you:
  1. Click on the backup (pve) drive and go to Backups.
  2. Click on the VM you want to restore, specify the target VM you want to restore to, and click on Restore.
 
l.leahu-vladucu said:
Hello hsdredgun! The documentation on restoring VMs will help here. You can either do this in the GUI or by using the command line, as explained in the documentation. The following should work for you:
  1. Click on the backup (pve) drive and go to Backups.
  2. Click on the VM you want to restore, specify the target VM you want to restore to, and click on Restore.
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Hello! Unfortunately that was not that easy haha but I found a really good solution to it and here it's

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[SOLVED] Thread 'Add an old drive with VM backups for restauration'

Hello,
I would like to add a disk containing backups from an old PBS to a new PBS in order to restore all my VMs.
Is this possible, and what is the procedure?
THANK YOU
 
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