single backup server for two separate proxmox servers

[mintyduck]

Hello,

I'm new to proxmox and have been experimenting with servers and setups. I have two separate installs of proxmox (v8) on small NUCs and a backup server on another NUC.

Can I back up both servers to the same backup? I haven't tried in case I break something!

I wanted to combine them into a single cluster with shared storage - from what I can see I need you can't have any services running on a new server when you combine it into a cluster. The idea was to back up server two, remove the VMs, then make the cluster and restore the VMs.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[Dunuin]

Can I back up both servers to the same backup? I haven't tried in case I break something!

Yes, but in case your VMIDs aren't unique you would need to make use of namespaces.

 

[Dunuin]

I wanted to combine them into a single cluster with shared storage - from what I can see I need you can't have any services running on a new server when you combine it into a cluster. The idea was to back up server two, remove the VMs, then make the cluster and restore the VMs.

Keep in mind that you need at least 3 machines for a cluster. Either 3 PVE nodes or 2 PVE nodes + 1 other machine (dedicated PBS/NAS/Raspberry Pi or whatever) as a qdevice.

 

[mintyduck]

Keep in mind that you need at least 3 machines for a cluster. Either 3 PVE nodes or 2 PVE nodes + 1 other machine (dedicated PBS/NAS/Raspberry Pi or whatever) as a qdevice.

Yes, but in case your VMIDs aren't unique you would need to make use of namespaces.

Thanks