Am 11.11.2020 war es so weit. Die Proxmox Server Solution GmbH präsentierte die erste Stable Version des lang ersehnten Backup Server für virtuelle Maschinen unter Proxmox VE.
Diese ermöglicht es Container und physikalische Hosts sicher zu sichern, sogar zwischen Remotesites, wiederherzustellen und das alles unter einer einfachen Weboberfläche. Dokumentation unter: https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/
Proxmox Backup Server Key Features
- Based on Debian Buster 10.6, with Linux kernel version 5.4 (LTS)
- ZFS 0.8.4
- Comprehensive but easy to use client/server backup system
- Proxmox VE is fully supported
- Deduplication – avoids redundancy and minimizes the storage space used.
- Incremental backups – Reading and sending only the changes reduces the storage and network impact.
- Ultra-fast Zstandard compression – compress several gigabytes per second.
- Remote synchronization across multiple remote locations
- Easy management with web-based user interface & CLI
- Software stack written in Rust
- License: GNU AGPL, v3
- Proxmox VE is fully supported – easily backup VMs (supporting QEMU dirty bitmaps) and containers.
- Encryption on client-side with AES-256 in Galois/Counter mode – very high performance on modern hardware.
- Data integrity with SHA-256 checksum algorithm – for accuracy and consistency of your backups.
- Maintenance task scheduling – Advanced scheduling of maintenance tasks, with fine-grained control.
Release Notes: https://pbs.proxmox.com/wiki/index.php/Roadmap
Häufige Fragen und Antworten zum Backup Server
Q: How does this integrate into Proxmox VE?
A: Just add a Proxmox Backup Server datastore as a new storage target in your Proxmox VE. Make sure that you have at least pve-manager 6.2-9 installed.
Q: What will happen with the existing Proxmox VE backup tool (vzdump)?
A: You can still use vzdump. The new backup is an additional but very powerful way to backup and restore your VMs and containers.
Q: Can I already back up my other Debian servers (file backup agent)?
A: Yes, just install the Proxmox Backup Client (https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/installation.html#install-proxmox-backup-client-on-debian).
Q: Are there already backup agents for other distributions?
A: There are none packaged yet, but using a statically linked binary should work in most cases, on any modern Linux distribution (work in progress).
Q: Is there any recommended server hardware for the Proxmox Backup Server?
A: We recommend using enterprise-grade server hardware components, with enough storage for your backup needs. The backup server should be in the
same datacenter as your Proxmox VE hosts (https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/installation.html#recommended-server-system-requirements).
Q: Where can I get more information about upcoming features?
A: Follow the announcement forum and pbs-devel mailing list https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pbs-devel, and subscribe to our newsletter https://www.proxmox.com/news
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