In today's post, we are going to explore how to protect Promox virtual machines and Container
Natively Promox is included with a backup option.
To begin with:
1. Configure storage where you want to put the backup data
Go to Datacenter > Storage > Add
2. Once you have defined the storage, let's move into creating backup policies
Go to Datacenter > Backup > Click Add
a) Select the target to NFS that you created earlier.
b) Tick VM and LXC that you would like to backup
c) Define mode: Snapshot
d) Compression: ZSTD (fast and good)
e) Define backup retention to keep
Once done, all policies will listed on the screen
Click Run Now to execute the backup. You can view the progress of the backup status by double click the task.