filesystems and zpools respectively.
If a disk supports S.M.A.R.T. capability, and you have this enabled, you can
-display S.M.A.R.T. attributes using the command:
+display S.M.A.R.T. attributes from the web interface or by using the command:
.. code-block:: console
# proxmox-backup-manager disk smart-attributes sdX
+
Datastore Configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore.png
+ :width: 230
+ :align: right
+ :alt: Datastore Overview
+
You can configure multiple datastores. Minimum one datastore needs to be
-configured. The datastore is identified by a simple `name` and points to a
+configured. The datastore is identified by a simple *name* and points to a
directory on the filesystem. Each datastore also has associated retention
settings of how many backup snapshots for each interval of ``hourly``,
``daily``, ``weekly``, ``monthly``, ``yearly`` as well as a time-independent
:ref:`garbage collection <garbage-collection>` can also be configured to run
periodically based on a configured :term:`schedule` per datastore.
-The following command creates a new datastore called ``store1`` on :file:`/backup/disk1/store1`
+Creating a Datastore
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+.. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-datastore-create-general.png
+ :width: 230
+ :align: right
+ :alt: Create a data store
+
+You can create a new datastore from the web GUI, by navigating to **Datastore** in
+the menu tree and clicking **Create**. Here:
+
+* *Name* refers to the name of the datastore
+* *Backing Path* is the path to the directory upon which you want to create the
+ datastore
+* *GC Schedule* refers to the time and intervals at which garbage collection
+ runs
+* *Prune Schedule* refers to the frequency at which pruning takes place
+* *Prune Options* set the amount of backups which you would like to keep (see :ref:`Pruning <pruning>`).
+
+Alternatively you can create a new datastore from the command line. The
+following command creates a new datastore called ``store1`` on :file:`/backup/disk1/store1`
.. code-block:: console
# proxmox-backup-manager datastore create store1 /backup/disk1/store1
-To list existing datastores run:
+Managing Datastores
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+To list existing datastores from the command line run:
.. code-block:: console
│ store1 │ /backup/disk1/store1 │ This is my default storage. │
└────────┴──────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
-You can change settings of a datastore, for example to set a prune and garbage
-collection schedule or retention settings using ``update`` subcommand and view
-a datastore with the ``show`` subcommand:
+You can change the garbage collection and prune settings of a datastore, by
+editing the datastore from the GUI or by using the ``update`` subcommand. For
+example, the below command changes the garbage collection schedule using the
+``update`` subcommand and prints the properties of the datastore with the
+``show`` subcommand:
.. code-block:: console
- # proxmox-backup-manager datastore update store1 --keep-last 7 --prune-schedule daily --gc-schedule 'Tue 04:27'
+ # proxmox-backup-manager datastore update store1 --gc-schedule 'Tue 04:27'
# proxmox-backup-manager datastore show store1
┌────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ Name │ Value │