From: Fabian Ebner Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 12:53:18 +0000 (+0200) Subject: vzdump/storage: mention protected backups limit and give an example X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-docs.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=2db55d5d11149f91cf2cb4ef2e2c413ab817a0a4 vzdump/storage: mention protected backups limit and give an example Signed-off-by: Fabian Ebner --- diff --git a/pve-storage-dir.adoc b/pve-storage-dir.adoc index d1ca3eb..4116fe5 100644 --- a/pve-storage-dir.adoc +++ b/pve-storage-dir.adoc @@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ dir: backup path /mnt/backup content backup prune-backups keep-last=7 + max-protected-backups 3 ---- The above configuration defines a storage pool called `backup`. That pool can be -used to store up to 7 backups (`keep-last=7`) per VM. The real path for the -backup files is `/mnt/backup/dump/...`. +used to store up to 7 regular backups (`keep-last=7`) and 3 protected backups +per VM. The real path for the backup files is `/mnt/backup/dump/...`. File naming conventions diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc index b9dca2a..093f639 100644 --- a/vzdump.adoc +++ b/vzdump.adoc @@ -301,6 +301,11 @@ For filesystem-based storages, the protection is implemented via a sentinel file `.protected`. For Proxmox Backup Server, it is handled on the server side (available since Proxmox Backup Server version 2.1). +Use the storage option `max-protected-backups` to control how many protected +backups per guest are allowed on the storage. Use `-1` for unlimited. The +default is unlimited for users with `Datastore.Allocate` privilege and `5` for +other users. + [[vzdump_restore]] Restore -------