From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 468E075AD5 for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:21:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 3AE2D1BD2E for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:21:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [94.136.29.106]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS id CD9E31BD1E for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:21:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id A83244623D for ; Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:21:36 +0200 (CEST) From: Stefan Reiter To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:21:28 +0200 Message-Id: <20210422122128.26198-2-s.reiter@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 In-Reply-To: <20210422122128.26198-1-s.reiter@proxmox.com> References: <20210422122128.26198-1-s.reiter@proxmox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.037 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH v2 docs 2/2] vzdump: add section about single file restore X-BeenThere: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:21:38 -0000 Signed-off-by: Stefan Reiter Reviewed-by: Dylan Whyte --- v2: * Incorporate Dylan's review + R-b vzdump.adoc | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc index b8ea081..0937fe2 100644 --- a/vzdump.adoc +++ b/vzdump.adoc @@ -365,6 +365,30 @@ amount of data is required for initial operation, e.g. web servers - once the OS and necessary services have been started, the VM is operational, while the background task continues copying seldomly used data. +Single File Restore +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The 'File Restore' button in the 'Backups' tab of the storage GUI can be used to +open a file browser directly on the data contained in a backup. This feature +is only available for backups on a Proxmox Backup Server. + +For containers, the first layer of the file tree shows all included 'pxar' +archives, which can be opened and browsed freely. For VMs, the first layer shows +contained drive images, which can be opened to reveal a list of supported +storage technologies found on the drive. In the most basic case, this will be an +entry called 'part', representing a partition table, which contains entries for +each partition found on the drive. Note that for VMs, not all data might be +accessible (unsupported guest file systems, storage technologies, etc...). + +Files and directories can be downloaded using the 'Download' button, the latter +being compressed into a zip archive on the fly. + +To enable secure access to VM images, which might contain untrusted data, a +temporary VM (not visible as a guest) is started. This does not mean that data +downloaded from such an archive is inherently safe, but it avoids exposing the +hypervisor system to danger. The VM will stop itself after a timeout. This +entire process happens transparently from a user's point of view. + [[vzdump_configuration]] Configuration ------------- -- 2.20.1