Hello Everyone,
I am been watching Proxmox Ve for the past year now and I think I am ready to move my environment to Proxmox VE. I want to make sure I build it proper to replace what I have now with vmware and I was hoping those with more experience could help me here conceptually. I will list what I have, what I want to implement and what I expect from that implementation. I would appreciate any constructive feed back.
What I have now
Vmware ESXi 5.5 environment setup in a blade server with local storeage (3 blades)
Windows Domain Environment (all windows servers 2008 R2)
Replibit for server backup (uses zfs to create backups of vms that are stored on appliance and can even run vm on appliance.)
Replibit vault (off site replication of main replibit box that has all vm backups)
Replibit is backing up each server as often as 15 min. This is a complete backup (entire vm as it is). Replibit can export to any type of vm (vmware, kvm, hyperv) or even baremetal. Also it has the ability to mount the vm and see the drives so I can pull files from that iteration of the vm. The longest I will keep the backups are 45 days before they are dropped. The appliance can even in an emergency situation run a vm live from the appliance if a server fails, and I can export and restore later.
What I want to replace it with
Proxmox VE environment with local ZFS storage (wont bother with details of box at this point)
Second Identical Proxmox VE with local zfs Storage (used for replication offsite for DR)
Plan is to move all vms to the new proxmox VE. Use Proxmox VE with zfs to enable snapshotting of the VMs to use as backups and store on the local appliance. Setup Secondary proxmox VE and use PVE-zsync to replicate the primary proxmox VE . Be able to access snapshots as backups to restore files or folders or even switch to it and make it the active VM. Lastly in the event of a a total lost of hardware at the primary site, the secondary Proxmox VE will be at a secondary site with all vms and snapshots of vms replicated exactly to that hardware at a secondary physical site.
Now I don't know if I can even do this, and second if this is even a good idea. I know that I would not have HA in this setup which is fine for me at this point. My main take aways is can I use snapshotting in Proxmox with the power of ZFS to use as backups. This eliminates the need for a replibit appliance. I believe that the DR should work as I envision as long as PVE-zsync will replicate the envrionment (vms, and snapshots) exactly to the secondary box at the offsite location.
Any insight would be appreciated
I am been watching Proxmox Ve for the past year now and I think I am ready to move my environment to Proxmox VE. I want to make sure I build it proper to replace what I have now with vmware and I was hoping those with more experience could help me here conceptually. I will list what I have, what I want to implement and what I expect from that implementation. I would appreciate any constructive feed back.
What I have now
Vmware ESXi 5.5 environment setup in a blade server with local storeage (3 blades)
Windows Domain Environment (all windows servers 2008 R2)
Replibit for server backup (uses zfs to create backups of vms that are stored on appliance and can even run vm on appliance.)
Replibit vault (off site replication of main replibit box that has all vm backups)
Replibit is backing up each server as often as 15 min. This is a complete backup (entire vm as it is). Replibit can export to any type of vm (vmware, kvm, hyperv) or even baremetal. Also it has the ability to mount the vm and see the drives so I can pull files from that iteration of the vm. The longest I will keep the backups are 45 days before they are dropped. The appliance can even in an emergency situation run a vm live from the appliance if a server fails, and I can export and restore later.
What I want to replace it with
Proxmox VE environment with local ZFS storage (wont bother with details of box at this point)
Second Identical Proxmox VE with local zfs Storage (used for replication offsite for DR)
Plan is to move all vms to the new proxmox VE. Use Proxmox VE with zfs to enable snapshotting of the VMs to use as backups and store on the local appliance. Setup Secondary proxmox VE and use PVE-zsync to replicate the primary proxmox VE . Be able to access snapshots as backups to restore files or folders or even switch to it and make it the active VM. Lastly in the event of a a total lost of hardware at the primary site, the secondary Proxmox VE will be at a secondary site with all vms and snapshots of vms replicated exactly to that hardware at a secondary physical site.
Now I don't know if I can even do this, and second if this is even a good idea. I know that I would not have HA in this setup which is fine for me at this point. My main take aways is can I use snapshotting in Proxmox with the power of ZFS to use as backups. This eliminates the need for a replibit appliance. I believe that the DR should work as I envision as long as PVE-zsync will replicate the envrionment (vms, and snapshots) exactly to the secondary box at the offsite location.
Any insight would be appreciated