4.3.5 Backup & restore
Every entry filed under Backup & restore and its subtopics.
Level
- Beginner 2
- Intermediate 3
- Advanced 0
What kind of help
- Guided project 1
- Explains an idea 0
- Step by step 3
- Cheat sheet 0
- Fixes an error 1
Works on
- Linux 5
- macOS 0
- Windows 0
- Browser 0
What do these mean?
- Beginner
- You are new to this topic.
- Intermediate
- You use it, and want to get better.
- Advanced
- You know it well and need the details.
- Guided project
- Build something small from start to finish, step by step.
- Explains an idea
- Plain words on how something works and why.
- Step by step
- Numbered steps to get one task done.
- Cheat sheet
- Commands and options in a table, to look up fast.
- Fixes an error
- An error message, what it means, and how to solve it.
5 entries
- 0365 Proxmox Backup Server: first setup and first restore Install Proxmox Backup Server, create a datastore and a backup user, connect it to Proxmox VE as storage, run the first VM… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux Article Backup & restore · Backup tools 15 Oct 2026
- 0247 Build a Proxmox VE home lab: from bare metal to your first restored backup Install Proxmox VE on one spare machine, switch to the free update repository, create a VM and an LXC container, then schedule… Beginner · Guided project · Linux Article Backup & restore · Installation & first steps · VMs & containers 15 Oct 2026
- 0106 Back up and restore guests with vzdump, backup jobs and Proxmox Backup Server Back up Proxmox VE VMs and containers with vzdump, choose a backup mode, schedule backup jobs with retention, restore with qmrestore or… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux Article Backup & restore 15 Oct 2026
- 0109 A vzdump wrapper script with checks, retention and a log file A Bash wrapper around vzdump that checks the target storage first, backs up chosen guests or all guests with zstd and keep-last… Intermediate · Step by step · Linux Script Backup & restore · Shell scripting 15 Oct 2026
- 0110 Fix: TASK ERROR: VM is locked (backup) A VM or container still carries a backup lock, usually after a backup was interrupted. Check that no backup is running, then… Beginner · Fixes an error · Linux Article Backup & restore · VMs & containers 15 Oct 2026