Re: [pve-devel] About PVE Backup Integration Guide

From: Fiona Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
To: Prashant Patil <Prashant.Gamepatil@veritas.com>,
	Proxmox VE development discussion <pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com>,
	Thomas Lamprecht <t.lamprecht@proxmox.com>
Cc: Anuradha Joshi <Anuradha.Joshi@veritas.com>,
	Sudhir Subbarao <Sudhir.Subbarao@veritas.com>,
	Jason Voneberstein <Jason.vonEberstein@veritas.com>
Subject: Re: [pve-devel] About PVE Backup Integration Guide
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 10:45:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8eb9b052-b016-4a6e-b1bd-702522156f9f@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6e1b4e46-ddc6-46a2-bdc3-649a354a3525@proxmox.com>

Am 01.04.25 um 10:07 schrieb Fiona Ebner:
> Note there is a v6 of the patch series now [0].

Also available as packages now:

http://download.proxmox.com/temp/backup-provider-api-v6/

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> Am 01.04.25 um 09:02 schrieb Prashant Patil:
>>      2. Do we need to implement our own backup provider plugin? Which
>>         all functions we need to implement?
> 
> Yes. You need to implement all methods, but you can decide which backup
> and restore mechanisms you want to implement. One for VMs and one for
> containers.

I suggest you take a look at the examples for these too:

https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20250331132020.105324-17-f.ebner@proxmox.com/
https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20250331132020.105324-18-f.ebner@proxmox.com/

Best Regards,
Fiona

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