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3 | vzdump(1) |
4 | ========= | |
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5 | :pve-toplevel: |
6 | ||
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7 | NAME |
8 | ---- | |
9 | ||
10 | vzdump - Backup Utility for VMs and Containers | |
11 | ||
12 | ||
49a5e11c | 13 | SYNOPSIS |
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14 | -------- |
15 | ||
16 | include::vzdump.1-synopsis.adoc[] | |
17 | ||
18 | ||
19 | DESCRIPTION | |
20 | ----------- | |
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22 | ifndef::manvolnum[] |
23 | Backup and Restore | |
24 | ================== | |
5f09af76 | 25 | :pve-toplevel: |
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5f09af76 | 27 | |
a35aad4a | 28 | Backups are a requirement for any sensible IT deployment, and {pve} |
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29 | provides a fully integrated solution, using the capabilities of each |
30 | storage and each guest system type. This allows the system | |
31 | administrator to fine tune via the `mode` option between consistency | |
32 | of the backups and downtime of the guest system. | |
33 | ||
34 | {pve} backups are always full backups - containing the VM/CT | |
35 | configuration and all data. Backups can be started via the GUI or via | |
ff4ae052 | 36 | the `vzdump` command-line tool. |
12b04941 | 37 | |
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38 | .Backup Storage |
39 | ||
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40 | Before a backup can run, a backup storage must be defined. Refer to the |
41 | xref:chapter_storage[storage documentation] on how to add a storage. It can | |
42 | either be a Proxmox Backup Server storage, where backups are stored as | |
43 | de-duplicated chunks and metadata, or a file-level storage, where backups are | |
44 | stored as regular files. Using Proxmox Backup Server on a dedicated host is | |
45 | recommended, because of its advanced features. Using an NFS server is a good | |
46 | alternative. In both cases, you might want to save those backups later to a tape | |
47 | drive, for off-site archiving. | |
12b04941 | 48 | |
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49 | .Scheduled Backup |
50 | ||
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51 | Backup jobs can be scheduled so that they are executed automatically on specific |
52 | days and times, for selectable nodes and guest systems. See the | |
53 | xref:vzdump_jobs[Backup Jobs] section for more. | |
b0bd9011 | 54 | |
764a3285 | 55 | Backup Modes |
c7678c11 | 56 | ------------ |
94e50bf6 | 57 | |
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58 | There are several ways to provide consistency (option `mode`), |
59 | depending on the guest type. | |
82b4917a | 60 | |
c7678c11 | 61 | .Backup modes for VMs: |
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62 | |
63 | `stop` mode:: | |
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64 | |
65 | This mode provides the highest consistency of the backup, at the cost | |
d25a50b9 | 66 | of a short downtime in the VM operation. It works by executing an |
c730e973 | 67 | orderly shutdown of the VM, and then runs a background QEMU process to |
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68 | backup the VM data. After the backup is started, the VM goes to full |
69 | operation mode if it was previously running. Consistency is guaranteed | |
70 | by using the live backup feature. | |
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71 | |
72 | `suspend` mode:: | |
73 | ||
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74 | This mode is provided for compatibility reason, and suspends the VM |
75 | before calling the `snapshot` mode. Since suspending the VM results in | |
76 | a longer downtime and does not necessarily improve the data | |
77 | consistency, the use of the `snapshot` mode is recommended instead. | |
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78 | |
79 | `snapshot` mode:: | |
80 | ||
94e50bf6 | 81 | This mode provides the lowest operation downtime, at the cost of a |
64caa401 | 82 | small inconsistency risk. It works by performing a {pve} live |
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83 | backup, in which data blocks are copied while the VM is running. If the |
84 | guest agent is enabled (`agent: 1`) and running, it calls | |
8c1189b6 | 85 | `guest-fsfreeze-freeze` and `guest-fsfreeze-thaw` to improve |
c7678c11 | 86 | consistency. |
01d37422 | 87 | |
64caa401 | 88 | A technical overview of the {pve} live backup for QemuServer can |
01d37422 | 89 | be found online |
d929c5a6 | 90 | https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-qemu.git;a=blob_plain;f=backup.txt[here]. |
01d37422 | 91 | |
64caa401 | 92 | NOTE: {pve} live backup provides snapshot-like semantics on any |
94e50bf6 | 93 | storage type. It does not require that the underlying storage supports |
7d9754a6 | 94 | snapshots. Also please note that since the backups are done via |
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95 | a background QEMU process, a stopped VM will appear as running for a |
96 | short amount of time while the VM disks are being read by QEMU. | |
7d9754a6 | 97 | However the VM itself is not booted, only its disk(s) are read. |
01d37422 | 98 | |
c7678c11 | 99 | .Backup modes for Containers: |
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100 | |
101 | `stop` mode:: | |
102 | ||
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103 | Stop the container for the duration of the backup. This potentially |
104 | results in a very long downtime. | |
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105 | |
106 | `suspend` mode:: | |
107 | ||
01d37422 | 108 | This mode uses rsync to copy the container data to a temporary |
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109 | location (see option `--tmpdir`). Then the container is suspended and |
110 | a second rsync copies changed files. After that, the container is | |
111 | started (resumed) again. This results in minimal downtime, but needs | |
112 | additional space to hold the container copy. | |
0006064d | 113 | + |
5eba0743 | 114 | When the container is on a local file system and the target storage of |
de14ebff | 115 | the backup is an NFS/CIFS server, you should set `--tmpdir` to reside on a |
5eba0743 | 116 | local file system too, as this will result in a many fold performance |
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117 | improvement. Use of a local `tmpdir` is also required if you want to |
118 | backup a local container using ACLs in suspend mode if the backup | |
119 | storage is an NFS server. | |
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120 | |
121 | `snapshot` mode:: | |
122 | ||
01d37422 | 123 | This mode uses the snapshotting facilities of the underlying |
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124 | storage. First, the container will be suspended to ensure data consistency. |
125 | A temporary snapshot of the container's volumes will be made and the | |
126 | snapshot content will be archived in a tar file. Finally, the temporary | |
127 | snapshot is deleted again. | |
128 | ||
129 | NOTE: `snapshot` mode requires that all backed up volumes are on a storage that | |
8c1189b6 | 130 | supports snapshots. Using the `backup=no` mount point option individual volumes |
b74af7b6 | 131 | can be excluded from the backup (and thus this requirement). |
82b4917a | 132 | |
1eeff3be | 133 | // see PVE::VZDump::LXC::prepare() |
470d4313 | 134 | NOTE: By default additional mount points besides the Root Disk mount point are |
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135 | not included in backups. For volume mount points you can set the *Backup* option |
136 | to include the mount point in the backup. Device and bind mounts are never | |
137 | backed up as their content is managed outside the {pve} storage library. | |
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138 | |
139 | Backup File Names | |
140 | ----------------- | |
141 | ||
8e4bb261 | 142 | Newer versions of vzdump encode the guest type and the |
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143 | backup time into the filename, for example |
144 | ||
145 | vzdump-lxc-105-2009_10_09-11_04_43.tar | |
146 | ||
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147 | That way it is possible to store several backup in the same directory. You can |
148 | limit the number of backups that are kept with various retention options, see | |
149 | the xref:vzdump_retention[Backup Retention] section below. | |
82b4917a | 150 | |
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151 | Backup File Compression |
152 | ----------------------- | |
153 | ||
154 | The backup file can be compressed with one of the following algorithms: `lzo` | |
155 | footnote:[Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer a lossless data compression algorithm | |
156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lempel-Ziv-Oberhumer], `gzip` footnote:[gzip - | |
157 | based on the DEFLATE algorithm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzip] or `zstd` | |
158 | footnote:[Zstandard a lossless data compression algorithm | |
159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zstandard]. | |
160 | ||
161 | Currently, Zstandard (zstd) is the fastest of these three algorithms. | |
162 | Multi-threading is another advantage of zstd over lzo and gzip. Lzo and gzip | |
163 | are more widely used and often installed by default. | |
164 | ||
165 | You can install pigz footnote:[pigz - parallel implementation of gzip | |
166 | https://zlib.net/pigz/] as a drop-in replacement for gzip to provide better | |
167 | performance due to multi-threading. For pigz & zstd, the amount of | |
168 | threads/cores can be adjusted. See the | |
169 | xref:vzdump_configuration[configuration options] below. | |
170 | ||
171 | The extension of the backup file name can usually be used to determine which | |
172 | compression algorithm has been used to create the backup. | |
173 | ||
174 | |=== | |
175 | |.zst | Zstandard (zstd) compression | |
176 | |.gz or .tgz | gzip compression | |
177 | |.lzo | lzo compression | |
178 | |=== | |
179 | ||
180 | If the backup file name doesn't end with one of the above file extensions, then | |
181 | it was not compressed by vzdump. | |
182 | ||
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183 | Backup Encryption |
184 | ----------------- | |
185 | ||
186 | For Proxmox Backup Server storages, you can optionally set up client-side | |
187 | encryption of backups, see xref:storage_pbs_encryption[the corresponding section.] | |
4edb84ec | 188 | |
7f938fdb | 189 | [[vzdump_jobs]] |
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190 | Backup Jobs |
191 | ----------- | |
192 | ||
193 | Besides triggering a backup manually, you can also setup periodic jobs that | |
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194 | backup all, or a selection of virtual guest to a storage. You can manage the |
195 | jobs in the UI under 'Datacenter' -> 'Backup' or via the `/cluster/backup` API | |
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196 | endpoint. Both will generate job entries in `/etc/pve/jobs.cfg`, which are |
197 | parsed and executed by the `pvescheduler` daemon. | |
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198 | |
199 | A job is either configured for all cluster nodes or a specific node, and is | |
200 | executed according to a given schedule. The format for the schedule is very | |
201 | similar to `systemd` calendar events, see the | |
202 | xref:chapter_calendar_events[calendar events] section for details. The | |
203 | 'Schedule' field in the UI can be freely edited, and it contains several | |
204 | examples that can be used as a starting point in its drop-down list. | |
205 | ||
206 | You can configure job-specific xref:vzdump_retention[retention options] | |
207 | overriding those from the storage or node configuration, as well as a | |
208 | xref:vzdump_notes[template for notes] for additional information to be saved | |
209 | together with the backup. | |
210 | ||
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211 | Since scheduled backups miss their execution when the host was offline or the |
212 | pvescheduler was disabled during the scheduled time, it is possible to configure | |
213 | the behaviour for catching up. By enabling the `Repeat missed` option | |
214 | (`repeat-missed` in the config), you can tell the scheduler that it should run | |
215 | missed jobs as soon as possible. | |
216 | ||
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217 | There are a few settings for tuning backup performance not exposed in the UI. |
218 | The most notable is `bwlimit` for limiting IO bandwidth. The amount of threads | |
219 | used for the compressor can be controlled with the `pigz` (replacing `gzip`), | |
9a0a3939 | 220 | respectively, `zstd` setting. Furthermore, there are `ionice` and, as part of |
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221 | the `performance` setting, `max-workers` (affects VM backups only) and |
222 | `pbs-entries-max` (affects container backups only). See the | |
17125f65 | 223 | xref:vzdump_configuration[configuration options] for details. |
764a3285 | 224 | |
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225 | [[vzdump_retention]] |
226 | Backup Retention | |
227 | ---------------- | |
228 | ||
229 | With the `prune-backups` option you can specify which backups you want to keep | |
230 | in a flexible manner. The following retention options are available: | |
231 | ||
232 | `keep-all <boolean>` :: | |
233 | Keep all backups. If this is `true`, no other options can be set. | |
234 | ||
235 | `keep-last <N>` :: | |
236 | Keep the last `<N>` backups. | |
237 | ||
238 | `keep-hourly <N>` :: | |
239 | Keep backups for the last `<N>` hours. If there is more than one | |
240 | backup for a single hour, only the latest is kept. | |
241 | ||
242 | `keep-daily <N>` :: | |
243 | Keep backups for the last `<N>` days. If there is more than one | |
244 | backup for a single day, only the latest is kept. | |
245 | ||
246 | `keep-weekly <N>` :: | |
247 | Keep backups for the last `<N>` weeks. If there is more than one | |
248 | backup for a single week, only the latest is kept. | |
249 | ||
250 | NOTE: Weeks start on Monday and end on Sunday. The software uses the | |
251 | `ISO week date`-system and handles weeks at the end of the year correctly. | |
252 | ||
253 | `keep-monthly <N>` :: | |
254 | Keep backups for the last `<N>` months. If there is more than one | |
255 | backup for a single month, only the latest is kept. | |
256 | ||
257 | `keep-yearly <N>` :: | |
258 | Keep backups for the last `<N>` years. If there is more than one | |
259 | backup for a single year, only the latest is kept. | |
260 | ||
261 | The retention options are processed in the order given above. Each option | |
262 | only covers backups within its time period. The next option does not take care | |
263 | of already covered backups. It will only consider older backups. | |
264 | ||
265 | Specify the retention options you want to use as a | |
266 | comma-separated list, for example: | |
267 | ||
268 | # vzdump 777 --prune-backups keep-last=3,keep-daily=13,keep-yearly=9 | |
269 | ||
270 | While you can pass `prune-backups` directly to `vzdump`, it is often more | |
271 | sensible to configure the setting on the storage level, which can be done via | |
272 | the web interface. | |
273 | ||
274 | NOTE: The old `maxfiles` option is deprecated and should be replaced either by | |
275 | `keep-last` or, in case `maxfiles` was `0` for unlimited retention, by | |
276 | `keep-all`. | |
277 | ||
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278 | |
279 | Prune Simulator | |
280 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
281 | ||
282 | You can use the https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/prune-simulator[prune simulator | |
283 | of the Proxmox Backup Server documentation] to explore the effect of different | |
284 | retention options with various backup schedules. | |
285 | ||
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286 | Retention Settings Example |
287 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
288 | ||
289 | The backup frequency and retention of old backups may depend on how often data | |
290 | changes, and how important an older state may be, in a specific work load. | |
291 | When backups act as a company's document archive, there may also be legal | |
292 | requirements for how long backups must be kept. | |
293 | ||
294 | For this example, we assume that you are doing daily backups, have a retention | |
295 | period of 10 years, and the period between backups stored gradually grows. | |
296 | ||
297 | `keep-last=3` - even if only daily backups are taken, an admin may want to | |
298 | create an extra one just before or after a big upgrade. Setting keep-last | |
299 | ensures this. | |
300 | ||
301 | `keep-hourly` is not set - for daily backups this is not relevant. You cover | |
302 | extra manual backups already, with keep-last. | |
303 | ||
304 | `keep-daily=13` - together with keep-last, which covers at least one | |
305 | day, this ensures that you have at least two weeks of backups. | |
306 | ||
307 | `keep-weekly=8` - ensures that you have at least two full months of | |
308 | weekly backups. | |
309 | ||
310 | `keep-monthly=11` - together with the previous keep settings, this | |
311 | ensures that you have at least a year of monthly backups. | |
312 | ||
313 | `keep-yearly=9` - this is for the long term archive. As you covered the | |
314 | current year with the previous options, you would set this to nine for the | |
315 | remaining ones, giving you a total of at least 10 years of coverage. | |
316 | ||
317 | We recommend that you use a higher retention period than is minimally required | |
318 | by your environment; you can always reduce it if you find it is unnecessarily | |
319 | high, but you cannot recreate backups once they have been removed. | |
320 | ||
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321 | [[vzdump_protection]] |
322 | Backup Protection | |
323 | ----------------- | |
324 | ||
325 | You can mark a backup as `protected` to prevent its removal. Attempting to | |
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326 | remove a protected backup via {pve}'s UI, CLI or API will fail. However, this |
327 | is enforced by {pve} and not the file-system, that means that a manual removal | |
328 | of a backup file itself is still possible for anyone with write access to the | |
329 | underlying backup storage. | |
330 | ||
331 | NOTE: Protected backups are ignored by pruning and do not count towards the | |
332 | retention settings. | |
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333 | |
334 | For filesystem-based storages, the protection is implemented via a sentinel file | |
335 | `<backup-name>.protected`. For Proxmox Backup Server, it is handled on the | |
6bc5d54d | 336 | server side (available since Proxmox Backup Server version 2.1). |
65c21123 | 337 | |
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338 | Use the storage option `max-protected-backups` to control how many protected |
339 | backups per guest are allowed on the storage. Use `-1` for unlimited. The | |
340 | default is unlimited for users with `Datastore.Allocate` privilege and `5` for | |
341 | other users. | |
342 | ||
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343 | [[vzdump_notes]] |
344 | Backup Notes | |
345 | ------------ | |
346 | ||
347 | You can add notes to backups using the 'Edit Notes' button in the UI or via the | |
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348 | storage content API. |
349 | ||
350 | It is also possible to specify a template for generating notes dynamically for | |
351 | a backup job and for manual backup. The template string can contain variables, | |
352 | surrounded by two curly braces, which will be replaced by the corresponding | |
353 | value when the backup is executed. | |
354 | ||
355 | Currently supported are: | |
356 | ||
357 | * `{{cluster}}` the cluster name, if any | |
358 | * `{{guestname}}` the virtual guest's assigned name | |
359 | * `{{node}}` the host name of the node the backup is being created | |
360 | * `{{vmid}}` the numerical VMID of the guest | |
361 | ||
362 | When specified via API or CLI, it needs to be a single line, where newline and | |
363 | backslash need to be escaped as literal `\n` and `\\` respectively. | |
3cb107b7 | 364 | |
922569a5 | 365 | [[vzdump_restore]] |
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366 | Restore |
367 | ------- | |
368 | ||
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369 | A backup archive can be restored through the {pve} web GUI or through the |
370 | following CLI tools: | |
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371 | |
372 | ||
871e1fd6 | 373 | `pct restore`:: Container restore utility |
82b4917a | 374 | |
922569a5 | 375 | `qmrestore`:: Virtual Machine restore utility |
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376 | |
377 | For details see the corresponding manual pages. | |
378 | ||
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379 | Bandwidth Limit |
380 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
381 | ||
382 | Restoring one or more big backups may need a lot of resources, especially | |
383 | storage bandwidth for both reading from the backup storage and writing to | |
b26b1d12 | 384 | the target storage. This can negatively affect other virtual guests as access |
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385 | to storage can get congested. |
386 | ||
387 | To avoid this you can set bandwidth limits for a backup job. {pve} | |
3802f512 | 388 | implements two kinds of limits for restoring and archive: |
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389 | |
390 | * per-restore limit: denotes the maximal amount of bandwidth for | |
391 | reading from a backup archive | |
392 | ||
393 | * per-storage write limit: denotes the maximal amount of bandwidth used for | |
394 | writing to a specific storage | |
395 | ||
396 | The read limit indirectly affects the write limit, as we cannot write more | |
397 | than we read. A smaller per-job limit will overwrite a bigger per-storage | |
398 | limit. A bigger per-job limit will only overwrite the per-storage limit if | |
399 | you have `Data.Allocate' permissions on the affected storage. | |
400 | ||
401 | You can use the `--bwlimit <integer>` option from the restore CLI commands | |
e8889c3f | 402 | to set up a restore job specific bandwidth limit. KiB/s is used as unit |
3802f512 | 403 | for the limit, this means passing `10240' will limit the read speed of the |
922569a5 | 404 | backup to 10 MiB/s, ensuring that the rest of the possible storage bandwidth |
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405 | is available for the already running virtual guests, and thus the backup |
406 | does not impact their operations. | |
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407 | |
408 | NOTE: You can use `0` for the `bwlimit` parameter to disable all limits for | |
409 | a specific restore job. This can be helpful if you need to restore a very | |
3802f512 | 410 | important virtual guest as fast as possible. (Needs `Data.Allocate' |
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411 | permissions on storage) |
412 | ||
413 | Most times your storage's generally available bandwidth stays the same over | |
414 | time, thus we implemented the possibility to set a default bandwidth limit | |
415 | per configured storage, this can be done with: | |
416 | ||
417 | ---- | |
b03b8bb6 | 418 | # pvesm set STORAGEID --bwlimit restore=KIBs |
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419 | ---- |
420 | ||
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421 | Live-Restore |
422 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
423 | ||
424 | Restoring a large backup can take a long time, in which a guest is still | |
425 | unavailable. For VM backups stored on a Proxmox Backup Server, this wait | |
426 | time can be mitigated using the live-restore option. | |
427 | ||
428 | Enabling live-restore via either the checkbox in the GUI or the `--live-restore` | |
429 | argument of `qmrestore` causes the VM to start as soon as the restore | |
430 | begins. Data is copied in the background, prioritizing chunks that the VM is | |
431 | actively accessing. | |
432 | ||
433 | Note that this comes with two caveats: | |
434 | ||
435 | * During live-restore, the VM will operate with limited disk read speeds, as | |
436 | data has to be loaded from the backup server (once loaded, it is immediately | |
437 | available on the destination storage however, so accessing data twice only | |
438 | incurs the penalty the first time). Write speeds are largely unaffected. | |
439 | * If the live-restore fails for any reason, the VM will be left in an | |
440 | undefined state - that is, not all data might have been copied from the | |
441 | backup, and it is _most likely_ not possible to keep any data that was written | |
442 | during the failed restore operation. | |
443 | ||
444 | This mode of operation is especially useful for large VMs, where only a small | |
445 | amount of data is required for initial operation, e.g. web servers - once the OS | |
446 | and necessary services have been started, the VM is operational, while the | |
c7941ea5 | 447 | background task continues copying seldom used data. |
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449 | Single File Restore |
450 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
451 | ||
452 | The 'File Restore' button in the 'Backups' tab of the storage GUI can be used to | |
453 | open a file browser directly on the data contained in a backup. This feature | |
454 | is only available for backups on a Proxmox Backup Server. | |
455 | ||
456 | For containers, the first layer of the file tree shows all included 'pxar' | |
457 | archives, which can be opened and browsed freely. For VMs, the first layer shows | |
458 | contained drive images, which can be opened to reveal a list of supported | |
459 | storage technologies found on the drive. In the most basic case, this will be an | |
460 | entry called 'part', representing a partition table, which contains entries for | |
461 | each partition found on the drive. Note that for VMs, not all data might be | |
462 | accessible (unsupported guest file systems, storage technologies, etc...). | |
463 | ||
464 | Files and directories can be downloaded using the 'Download' button, the latter | |
465 | being compressed into a zip archive on the fly. | |
466 | ||
467 | To enable secure access to VM images, which might contain untrusted data, a | |
468 | temporary VM (not visible as a guest) is started. This does not mean that data | |
469 | downloaded from such an archive is inherently safe, but it avoids exposing the | |
470 | hypervisor system to danger. The VM will stop itself after a timeout. This | |
471 | entire process happens transparently from a user's point of view. | |
472 | ||
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473 | NOTE: For troubleshooting purposes, each temporary VM instance generates a log |
474 | file in `/var/log/proxmox-backup/file-restore/`. The log file might contain | |
475 | additional information in case an attempt to restore individual files or | |
476 | accessing file systems contained in a backup archive fails. | |
477 | ||
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479 | Configuration |
480 | ------------- | |
481 | ||
8c1189b6 | 482 | Global configuration is stored in `/etc/vzdump.conf`. The file uses a |
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483 | simple colon separated key/value format. Each line has the following |
484 | format: | |
485 | ||
486 | OPTION: value | |
487 | ||
8c1189b6 | 488 | Blank lines in the file are ignored, and lines starting with a `#` |
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489 | character are treated as comments and are also ignored. Values from |
490 | this file are used as default, and can be overwritten on the command | |
491 | line. | |
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492 | |
493 | We currently support the following options: | |
494 | ||
495 | include::vzdump.conf.5-opts.adoc[] | |
496 | ||
497 | ||
8c1189b6 | 498 | .Example `vzdump.conf` Configuration |
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499 | ---- |
500 | tmpdir: /mnt/fast_local_disk | |
501 | storage: my_backup_storage | |
502 | mode: snapshot | |
503 | bwlimit: 10000 | |
504 | ---- | |
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505 | |
506 | Hook Scripts | |
507 | ------------ | |
508 | ||
509 | You can specify a hook script with option `--script`. This script is | |
510 | called at various phases of the backup process, with parameters | |
511 | accordingly set. You can find an example in the documentation | |
8c1189b6 | 512 | directory (`vzdump-hook-script.pl`). |
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513 | |
514 | File Exclusions | |
515 | --------------- | |
516 | ||
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517 | NOTE: this option is only available for container backups. |
518 | ||
8c1189b6 | 519 | `vzdump` skips the following files by default (disable with the option |
8e4bb261 | 520 | `--stdexcludes 0`) |
82b4917a | 521 | |
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522 | /tmp/?* |
523 | /var/tmp/?* | |
524 | /var/run/?*pid | |
82b4917a | 525 | |
8e4bb261 | 526 | You can also manually specify (additional) exclude paths, for example: |
82b4917a | 527 | |
bf01f882 | 528 | # vzdump 777 --exclude-path /tmp/ --exclude-path '/var/foo*' |
82b4917a | 529 | |
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530 | excludes the directory `/tmp/` and any file or directory named `/var/foo`, |
531 | `/var/foobar`, and so on. | |
532 | ||
533 | Paths that do not start with a `/` are not anchored to the container's root, | |
534 | but will match relative to any subdirectory. For example: | |
535 | ||
536 | # vzdump 777 --exclude-path bar | |
537 | ||
3a433e9b | 538 | excludes any file or directory named `/bar`, `/var/bar`, `/var/foo/bar`, and |
98e5a1a4 | 539 | so on, but not `/bar2`. |
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540 | |
541 | Configuration files are also stored inside the backup archive | |
65647b07 | 542 | (in `./etc/vzdump/`) and will be correctly restored. |
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543 | |
544 | Examples | |
545 | -------- | |
546 | ||
c31f32a9 | 547 | Simply dump guest 777 - no snapshot, just archive the guest private area and |
82b4917a | 548 | configuration files to the default dump directory (usually |
8c1189b6 | 549 | `/var/lib/vz/dump/`). |
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550 | |
551 | # vzdump 777 | |
552 | ||
871e1fd6 | 553 | Use rsync and suspend/resume to create a snapshot (minimal downtime). |
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554 | |
555 | # vzdump 777 --mode suspend | |
556 | ||
c31f32a9 | 557 | Backup all guest systems and send notification mails to root and admin. |
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558 | Due to `mailto` being set and `notification-mode` being set to `auto` by |
559 | default, the notification mails are sent via the system's `sendmail` | |
560 | command instead of the notification system. | |
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561 | |
562 | # vzdump --all --mode suspend --mailto root --mailto admin | |
563 | ||
b74af7b6 | 564 | Use snapshot mode (no downtime) and non-default dump directory. |
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565 | |
566 | # vzdump 777 --dumpdir /mnt/backup --mode snapshot | |
567 | ||
c31f32a9 | 568 | Backup more than one guest (selectively) |
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569 | |
570 | # vzdump 101 102 103 --mailto root | |
571 | ||
c31f32a9 | 572 | Backup all guests excluding 101 and 102 |
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573 | |
574 | # vzdump --mode suspend --exclude 101,102 | |
575 | ||
c31f32a9 | 576 | Restore a container to a new CT 600 |
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577 | |
578 | # pct restore 600 /mnt/backup/vzdump-lxc-777.tar | |
579 | ||
c31f32a9 | 580 | Restore a QemuServer VM to VM 601 |
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581 | |
582 | # qmrestore /mnt/backup/vzdump-qemu-888.vma 601 | |
583 | ||
584 | Clone an existing container 101 to a new container 300 with a 4GB root | |
585 | file system, using pipes | |
586 | ||
587 | # vzdump 101 --stdout | pct restore --rootfs 4 300 - | |
588 | ||
589 | ||
590 | ifdef::manvolnum[] | |
591 | include::pve-copyright.adoc[] | |
592 | endif::manvolnum[] |