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 94ACB6D3D8 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:40:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 8B4829494 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:39:52 +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)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS id 9738E9486 for ; Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:39:51 +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 6D9AC44B2D; Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:39:51 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:38:52 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:93.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/93.0 Content-Language: en-US To: Simone Piccardi , pve-user@lists.proxmox.com References: From: Thomas Lamprecht In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 1.529 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 NICE_REPLY_A -2.562 Looks like a legit reply (A) SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record URIBL_BLOCKED 0.001 ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to URIBL was blocked. See http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/DnsBlocklists#dnsbl-block for more information. [proxmox.com] Subject: Re: [PVE-User] Write PBS backup on removable drives X-BeenThere: pve-user@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE user list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 04:40:22 -0000 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