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From: Fabian Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH docs 2/2] vzdump/storage: mention protected backups limit and give an example
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 13:12:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211216121233.162288-9-f.ebner@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211216121233.162288-1-f.ebner@proxmox.com>

Signed-off-by: Fabian Ebner <f.ebner@proxmox.com>
---
 pve-storage-dir.adoc | 5 +++--
 vzdump.adoc          | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pve-storage-dir.adoc b/pve-storage-dir.adoc
index d1ca3eb..4116fe5 100644
--- a/pve-storage-dir.adoc
+++ b/pve-storage-dir.adoc
@@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ dir: backup
         path /mnt/backup
         content backup
         prune-backups keep-last=7
+        max-protected-backups 3
 ----
 
 The above configuration defines a storage pool called `backup`. That pool can be
-used to store up to 7 backups (`keep-last=7`) per VM. The real path for the
-backup files is `/mnt/backup/dump/...`.
+used to store up to 7 regular backups (`keep-last=7`) and 3 protected backups
+per VM. The real path for the backup files is `/mnt/backup/dump/...`.
 
 
 File naming conventions
diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc
index b9dca2a..71221e7 100644
--- a/vzdump.adoc
+++ b/vzdump.adoc
@@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ For filesystem-based storages, the protection is implemented via a sentinel file
 `<backup-name>.protected`. For Proxmox Backup Server, it is handled on the
 server side (available since Proxmox Backup Server version 2.1).
 
+Use the storage option `max-protected-backups` to control how many protected
+backups per guest are allowed on the storage. Use `-1` for unlimited.
+
 [[vzdump_restore]]
 Restore
 -------
-- 
2.30.2





  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-12-16 12:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-16 12:12 [pve-devel] [PATCH-SERIES storage/manager/guest-common/docs] improvements for protected backups Fabian Ebner
2021-12-16 12:12 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH storage 1/2] list volumes: also return backup type for backups Fabian Ebner
2022-03-16 16:42   ` [pve-devel] applied: " Thomas Lamprecht
2021-12-16 12:12 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH storage 2/2] plugins: allow limiting the number of protected backups per guest Fabian Ebner
2022-03-16 16:42   ` Thomas Lamprecht
2022-03-17  8:03     ` Fabian Ebner
2022-03-17  8:11       ` Thomas Lamprecht
2021-12-16 12:12 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager 1/6] vzdump: backup file list: drop unused parameter Fabian Ebner
2021-12-16 12:12 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager 2/6] vzdump: backup limit: only count unprotected backups Fabian Ebner
2021-12-16 12:12 ` [pve-devel] [RFC manager 3/6] ui: storage edit: retention: add max-protected-backups setting Fabian Ebner
2021-12-16 12:12 ` [pve-devel] [RFC manager 4/6] ui: storage creation: retention: dynamically adapt max-protected-backups Fabian Ebner
2021-12-16 12:12 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH docs 1/2] storage: switch to prune-backups in examples Fabian Ebner
2021-12-16 12:12 ` Fabian Ebner [this message]
2021-12-16 12:12 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH guest-common 1/1] vzdump: schema: add 'notes' and 'protected' properties Fabian Ebner
2022-03-16 11:04   ` Fabian Ebner
2022-03-16 18:25     ` Thomas Lamprecht
2022-03-17  7:57       ` Fabian Ebner
2022-03-17  8:07         ` Thomas Lamprecht
2022-03-17  8:18           ` Fabian Ebner
2022-03-17  8:20             ` Thomas Lamprecht
2021-12-16 12:12 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager 5/6] vzdump: support setting protected status and notes Fabian Ebner
2021-12-16 12:12 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager 6/6] ui: backup: allow setting protected and notes for manual backup Fabian Ebner
2021-12-20 10:31 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH-SERIES storage/manager/guest-common/docs] improvements for protected backups Dominik Csapak
2021-12-21 15:11   ` Thomas Lamprecht
2021-12-22  7:02     ` Dominik Csapak
2022-01-03  9:12       ` Fabian Ebner
2022-03-10  7:46 ` Fabian Ebner

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