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 D751480187 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:45:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id B163918FB1 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:44:33 +0100 (CET) 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 6390718FA6 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:44:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 3791343C43 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:44:32 +0100 (CET) From: Fabian Ebner To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:44:28 +0100 Message-Id: <20211116144428.87606-1-f.ebner@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.30.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.182 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address BAYES_00 -1.9 Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% 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 docs] backup: add section for protection 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: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:45:03 -0000 Signed-off-by: Fabian Ebner --- vzdump.adoc | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc index 96ae70d..f766d36 100644 --- a/vzdump.adoc +++ b/vzdump.adoc @@ -284,6 +284,19 @@ We recommend that you use a higher retention period than is minimally required by your environment; you can always reduce it if you find it is unnecessarily high, but you cannot recreate backups once they have been removed. +[[vzdump_protection]] +Backup Protection +----------------- + +You can mark a backup as `protected` to prevent its removal. Attempting to +remove a protected backup via {pve}'s UI or API will fail. However, manual +removal of a backup file via CLI is still possible. Protected backups are +ignored by pruning and do not count towards the retention settings. + +For filesystem-based storages, the protection is implemented via a sentinel file +`.protected`. For Proxmox Backup Server, it is handled on the +server side. + [[vzdump_restore]] Restore ------- -- 2.30.2