From 6bc5d54db736ab9362e92b234fc5c9129e4b77e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Lamprecht Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:30:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] backup: clarify that CLI means FS-level and highlight retention-note plus some other related, small additions/changes Signed-off-by: Thomas Lamprecht --- vzdump.adoc | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc index f766d36..b9dca2a 100644 --- a/vzdump.adoc +++ b/vzdump.adoc @@ -289,13 +289,17 @@ Backup Protection ----------------- You can mark a backup as `protected` to prevent its removal. Attempting to -remove a protected backup via {pve}'s UI or API will fail. However, manual -removal of a backup file via CLI is still possible. Protected backups are -ignored by pruning and do not count towards the retention settings. +remove a protected backup via {pve}'s UI, CLI or API will fail. However, this +is enforced by {pve} and not the file-system, that means that a manual removal +of a backup file itself is still possible for anyone with write access to the +underlying backup storage. + +NOTE: Protected backups are ignored by pruning and do not count towards the +retention settings. For filesystem-based storages, the protection is implemented via a sentinel file `.protected`. For Proxmox Backup Server, it is handled on the -server side. +server side (available since Proxmox Backup Server version 2.1). [[vzdump_restore]] Restore -- 2.39.2