Hello everyone.
here is my dilemma,
I have a "Single" Proxmox server setup, home use. all is current and updated.
I am using ZFS across the board. all pools are ZFS mirror
the layout is as follows:
now, "rpool" is system nothing new here.
the "pvstore" is simply an additional storage for the system as in additional local store space. since my system drives are small I needed extra space.
"tank0" is the main user storage pool. that is where all my media and other files are.
I have folders "downloads" and "embylib" there.
all my containers are bind-mount to respective folders based on use.
"tank1" right now is a kind of online backup pool. I have an rsync job in my file server container syncing embylib to it.
"tank2" is empty as it is a brand new pool on the machine.
!!!! WHAT I WANT / NEED !!!!!
I need to understand how to backup and subsequently restore my system in order of importance.
#1 - backup my Proxmox setup properly. I know I can always reinstall the whole thing from scratch but setting all up back as it was may be challenging. how do I have at least a template of what I
have handy?
#2 - backup all my VM/LXC ? I run the backup from WebUI but than what?
#2.1 - proper way to backup all my data?
I have a 5TB external drive. it is currently NTFS formated.
what would be the best way to drop all my data on it? even if it means I have to re-format it to Linux partition.
please tell me the best tools, scripts and procedures to use.
Sincerely Vlad.
here is my dilemma,
I have a "Single" Proxmox server setup, home use. all is current and updated.
I am using ZFS across the board. all pools are ZFS mirror
the layout is as follows:
Code:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
pvstore (2x1TB HDD) ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-ST1000DM003-1CH162_S1DDPX2G ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-TOSHIBA_HDWD110_58KAV7PFS ONLINE 0 0 0
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool (2x120GB SSD) ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-INTEL_SSDSC2BW120H6_CVTR52060450120AGN-part2 ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-SanDisk_SDSSDA120G_161443400890-part2 ONLINE 0 0 0
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
tank0 (3 sets of 2x2TB HDD) ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-ST32000542AS_5XW2H5SP ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-ST2000NM0055-1V4104_ZC21117H ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-1 ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-ST2000NM0055-1V4104_ZC211C1R ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD578A7 ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-2 ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD3XYXZ ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-Hitachi_HDS722020ALA330_JK1130YAKYEX0T ONLINE 0 0 0
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
tank1 (2 sets of 2x3TB HDD) ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-ST3000DM001-1ER166_ZA501WMX ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-TOSHIBA_HDWD130_X6IEDPUAS ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-1 ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-TOSHIBA_HDWD130_Y7211HPAS ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-TOSHIBA_DT01ACA300_364X6TBKS ONLINE 0 0 0
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
tank2 (1 sets of 2x4TB HDD) ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-ST4000DM004-2CV104_ZFN0TZLW ONLINE 0 0 0
ata-ST4000DM004-2CV104_ZFN1AADG ONLINE 0 0 0
now, "rpool" is system nothing new here.
the "pvstore" is simply an additional storage for the system as in additional local store space. since my system drives are small I needed extra space.
"tank0" is the main user storage pool. that is where all my media and other files are.
I have folders "downloads" and "embylib" there.
all my containers are bind-mount to respective folders based on use.
"tank1" right now is a kind of online backup pool. I have an rsync job in my file server container syncing embylib to it.
"tank2" is empty as it is a brand new pool on the machine.
!!!! WHAT I WANT / NEED !!!!!
I need to understand how to backup and subsequently restore my system in order of importance.
#1 - backup my Proxmox setup properly. I know I can always reinstall the whole thing from scratch but setting all up back as it was may be challenging. how do I have at least a template of what I
have handy?
#2 - backup all my VM/LXC ? I run the backup from WebUI but than what?
#2.1 - proper way to backup all my data?
I have a 5TB external drive. it is currently NTFS formated.
what would be the best way to drop all my data on it? even if it means I have to re-format it to Linux partition.
please tell me the best tools, scripts and procedures to use.
Sincerely Vlad.