NOTE: The backup does not include the network setup, and also no mail
data from the postfix queue or the spam or virus quarantine.
-You can create a backup by simply pressing the 'Backup' button on the
-GUI, or by using the command line interface:
+Backups can be created locally or stored on a
+https://www.proxmox.com/en/proxmox-backup-server[Proxmox Backup Server]
+instance.
+
+Local Backups
+-------------
+
+You can create a backup by simply pressing the 'Backup' button in the 'Local
+Backup/Restore' tab on the GUI, or by using the command line interface:
----
# pmgbackup backup
backup finished
----
-Backups are stored inside directory `/var/lib/pmg/backup/`. It is
+Local backups are stored inside directory `/var/lib/pmg/backup/`. It is
usually best to mount a remote file system to that directory, so that
the resulting backups gets stored remotely.
restore finished
----
+[[pmgbackup_pbs]]
+Proxmox Backup Server
+---------------------
+
+In order to backup your {pmg} configuration on a Proxmox Backup Server you
+need configure the instance as backup 'remote'. You can then directly create
+and restore backups, as well as create a scheduled 'backup job' to run
+regular backups.
+
+[[pmgbackup_pbs_remotes]]
+Remotes
+~~~~~~~
+
+ifndef::manvolnum[]
+[thumbnail="pmg-gui-pbs-remote.png"]
+endif::manvolnum[]
+
+
+A Proxmox Backup Server remote can be configured using the 'Proxmox Backup
+Server' panel in the 'Backup/Restore' menu of the GUI, or by using the
+`remote` subcommand of `pmgbackup`.
+
+NOTE: You can use API Tokens in place of a username/password combination.
+
+.Example addition of a Proxmox Backup Server remote with id 'archive'.
+----
+# pmgbackup proxmox-backup remote add archive --datastore big --server backup.proxmox.com --user 'pmgbackup@pbs!token' --password --fingerprint 09:54:ef:..snip..:88:af:47:fe:4c:3b:cf:8b:26:88:0b:4e:3c:b2
+Enter new password: ******
+Retype new password: ******
+----
+
+The fingerprint is optional, if the certificate of the Proxmox Backup Server
+remote is signed by a CA trusted by {pmg}.
+
+Additionally you can configure `prune-settings` for each remote, giving you
+flexible control about how many backups should be stored on the Proxmox Backup
+Server over a period of time.
+
+.Setting the prune options for the Proxmox Backup Server remote with id 'archive'.
+----
+# pmgbackup remote set archive --keep-last 3 --keep-daily 14 --keep-weekly 8 --keep-monthly 12 --keep-yearly 7
+----
+
+If prune settings are configured, the backup-group of {pmg} is pruned
+automatically after each successful backup.
+
+The `notify` and `include-statistics` setting of a remote define the defaults
+for notifications and whether to include the statistic database in backups.
+They are also used for xref:pmgbackup_pbs_schedule[scheduled backups].
+
+The public settings are stored in `/etc/pmg/pbs/pbs.conf`, sensitive settings,
+like passwords are stored in individual files named after the remote inside
+`/etc/pmg/pbs/`:
+
+.Configuration Example (`/etc/pmg/pbs/pbs.conf`)
+----
+pbs: archive
+ datastore big
+ server backup.proxmox.com
+ fingerprint 09:54:ef:..snip..:88:af:47:fe:4c:3b:cf:8b:26:88:0b:4e:3c:b2
+ keep-daily 30
+ keep-last 5
+ keep-monthly 3
+ keep-yearly 5
+ username pmgbackup@pbs!token
+----
+
+[[pmgbackup_pbs_jobs]]
+Backup Jobs
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+ifndef::manvolnum[]
+[thumbnail="pmg-gui-pbs-backup.png", big=1]
+endif::manvolnum[]
+
+With a configured remote you can create backups using the GUI or the
+`proxmox-backup backup` subcommand of the `pmgbackup` CLI tool.
+
+.Creating a new backup on the Proxmox Backup Server remote with id 'archive'.
+----
+# pmgbackup proxmox-backup backup archive
+starting update of current backup state
+Starting backup: host/pmg/2020-11-16T16:38:39Z
+Client name: pmg
+Starting backup protocol: Mon Nov 16 16:38:39 2020
+Upload directory '/var/lib/pmg/backup/current' to 'pmgbackup@pbs!token@backup.proxmox.com:8007:local' as pmgbackup.pxar.didx
+pmgbackup.pxar: had to upload 188.33 KiB of 188.33 KiB in 0.00s, average speed 162.33 MiB/s).
+Uploaded backup catalog (145 B)
+Duration: 0.06s
+End Time: Mon Nov 16 16:38:39 2020
+backup finished
+starting prune of host/pmg
+prune finished
+----
+
+For restoring you can optionally select a particular backup-snapshot to return
+to the state of configuration and rules at that time.
+
+On the commandline you can get first a list of available backup snapshots using
+the `proxmox-backup list` subcommand:
+
+.Listing available backups from the Proxmox Backup Server remote with id 'archive'.
+----
+# pmgbackup proxmox-backup list archive
+┌────────────┬──────────────────────┬────────┐
+│ backup-id │ backup-time │ size │
+╞════════════╪══════════════════════╪════════╡
+│ pmg │ 2020-11-16T14:03:04Z │ 121910 │
+├────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────┤
+ ...
+└────────────┴──────────────────────┴────────┘
+----
+
+.Restoring a specific backup snapshot
+----
+# pmgbackup proxmox-backup restore archive pmg 2020-11-16T14:03:04Z
+starting restore of host/pmg/2020-11-16T14:03:04Z from backup
+..snip..
+restore finished
+----
+
+You can remove a particular snapshot by using the `forget` sub command, this
+allows the Proxmox Backup Server to pick it up during garbage collection.
+
+----
+# pmgbackup proxmox-backup forget archive pmg 2020-11-16T14:03:04Z
+----
+
+TIP: You can configure and access all backup related functionality on both,
+the web interface and the command line interface.
+
+[[pmgbackup_pbs_schedule]]
+Scheduled Backups
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+You can create a `Schedule` for each remote, to periodically create backups of
+your {pmg} - for example to run a daily backup at 03:50:00 with a randomized
+delay of 15 minutes each day:
+
+----
+# pmgbackup proxmox-backup job create archive --schedule '*-*-* 03:50:00' --delay '15 minutes'
+----
+
+The randomized delay can help to prevent load-peaks on the backup server, if
+you have multiple backups, which all should start around the same time.
+The schedules are `systemd.timer` units. See the `systemd.time(7)` man page for
+details on the time specification used.
ifdef::manvolnum[]
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