[SOLVED] volume back-up and not full-machine-backup

[oah433]

Hi
I am wondering if there is a way to copy the volume of the machine (for the sake of backup). I know that is possible with some storage technologies (LVM, CEPH etc) but I was wondering if there is a way to it directly via Proxmox?
Thx.

 

[fiona]

Hi,
I don't think there's a straightforward way. Proxmox VE backups are currently designed to be per-guest. You can mark certain volumes of the guest with backup=0 if you don't want them to be included in the backup.

If you are using Proxmox Backup Server, you can backup individual volumes with proxmox-backup-client, but it's not tightly integrated in Proxmox VE then and you need to make sure the guest is stopped while doing that.

Otherwise, you'll need to do it manually, e.g. using qemu-img dd.

 

[oah433]

Hi,
I don't think there's a straightforward way. Proxmox VE backups are currently designed to be per-guest. You can mark certain volumes of the guest with backup=0 if you don't want them to be included in the backup.

If you are using Proxmox Backup Server, you can backup individual volumes with proxmox-backup-client, but it's not tightly integrated in Proxmox VE then and you need to make sure the guest is stopped while doing that.

Otherwise, you'll need to do it manually, e.g. using qemu-img dd.

Thx a ton. That was fast, precise, and clear.