Proxmox - Backup & Restore VMs - Using the Proxmox Backup Server

Select Datacentre.
Select Backup.
Click Add to create a new backup job.
Click Create will create the job and the job will run as scheduled.

NOTE: A job can be run on all or a specific node.

A storage has to be selected.
- Either create a new one, or use the default one and enable this one to be used as a backup storage as well.
Select the appropriate timing for the backup.
Include VMs to include in the backup.
Optional have a mail sent to when the job is running.

snapshot mode is the only mode that will allow online backups.
All other modes will pause or shutdown the VM.

Restore Proxmox Live Backup

Two options.

When host itself is still running, but a VM is broken
- Just select the VM and go to Backup:
  - Select Datacentre.
  - Select Backup.
  - Select the actual backup file to restore.
  - Select Restore.
To deploy the backup to a new server.
- A storage will have to be created on the new server which can hold contain the backups.
- The backup file will need to be uploaded to the new server.
- Select the uploaded backup file and click restore.
  - This will create a new VM using the backup file.
  - After the restore process is finished you should check the network configuration and start the VM.