Scheduling proxmox-backup-client from backup-server

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adoII

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Hi,
i am just evaluating proxmox backup server and I am really impressed.

But how can i schedule client-file backups from the server so that for example only 2 or 3 backups run at the same time ?

Lets say i have 80 vms to backup and my resources like cpu or disk or network only allow for 3 parallel backup jobs.

Is scheduling file backups from backup client only possible via cron-jobs ? The means i have to maintain an excel list what backups take what time and what time a cronjob on the client should start the backup. Seems to be impracticable.

Also: I only need backup-client backup client because i need quick access to single files within backups. Is it maybe possible to quickly access single backed up files in vzdump images ?
 
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adoII said:
Is scheduling file backups from backup client only possible via cron-jobs ?
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if you use proxmox-backup-client directly, yes this is currently the only way (for pve you can use the normal backup schedules)

we plan to have some kind scheduling built-in to the client, but nothing concrete so far, maybe check if there is already a feature request for this on https://bugzilla.proxmox.com and maybe open one if there isn't (so that everyone can keep track of it)

adoII said:
Is it maybe possible to quickly access single backed up files in vzdump images ?
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for container this is already possible, and there are some features planned for qemu vms, such as attaching a backup disk into an existing vm for easy access
 
Hi,

I'm also trying to cron proxmox-backup-client jobs. When issuing the following command as root
Bash: 
proxmox-backup-client backup etc.pxar:/etc --repository localhost:backup-storage
it is asking me for the root@pam password.

How do I pass the password in a cronjob?

Thanks,
Fred
 
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