Re: [PVE-User] Write PBS backup on removable drives

Re: [PVE-User] Write PBS backup on removable drives

[Gilberto Ferreira]

Since removable disks are seen by Linux as a regular HDD, everything you
need is already there.
Just mount the disk into a local directory and create the datastore.
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Em seg., 27 de set. de 2021 às 13:02, Simone Piccardi via pve-user <
pve-user@lists.proxmox.com> escreveu:

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> I'm starting using PBS for Proxmox VM backups, but I'd like to have an
> option to save a dump in a removable drive, that this days are much
> cheaper than tapes, for offsite storage.
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> Given that the support to write on a tape is already there, there is any
> plan to have something similar to write on a removable disk?
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Re: [PVE-User] Write PBS backup on removable drives

[Dietmar Maurer]

> Given that the support to write on a tape is already there, there is any 
> plan to have something similar to write on a removable disk?

Yes. First patches already on the list...

Re: [PVE-User] Write PBS backup on removable drives

[Thomas Lamprecht]

Hi,

On 27.09.21 17:53, Simone Piccardi wrote:
> I'm starting using PBS for Proxmox VM backups, but I'd like to have an option to save a dump in a removable drive, that this days are much cheaper than tapes, for offsite storage.
> 
> Given that the support to write on a tape is already there, there is any plan to have something similar to write on a removable disk?


That is already possible with some small workaround, as Gilberto mentioned, i.e., any storage device
with a FS Linux can use can be made a datastore. Then you can trigger syncs once you plugged it.

But, there's some work undergoing that will make this more integrated, see:
https://bugzilla.proxmox.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3156

cheers,
Thomas