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2. Same PVE Machine Dedicated Drives (Requires 1 Machine)
In this strategy we will use different storage drives for our backups. We assume a Proxmox environment from which you want to backup the virtual machines. What we will do is Create a Proxmox PBS VM on our main PVE machine Pass through the drives to the PBS V...
3. Dedicated TrueNas scale with virtual PBS (Requires 2 machines)
Here we will setup PBS on top of Truenas Scale as a container. Why would you do this ? well if you run both proxmox pve and run a Truenas VM or bare metal then you have two different systems to backup. You want to backup your VM's and you want to back up your ...
4. Dedicated PVE & TrueNas Backup, Virtual Truenas Scale VM, and PBS Container (Requires 3 machines)
This setup is the most robust setup but is also the most expensive setup and often not necessary for a home lab. This setup basically has Dedicated PVE instance Truenas Scale installed on the PVE instance as a VM with passed through drives Dedicated Truenas S...
5. Dedicated PVE, TrueNas, PBS, Truens Backup (Requires 4 machines)
2. PBS Container on TrueNas Scale
02. PBS Configruation
1. After installing Proxmox backup server we need to configure it to our needs. As with Proxmox we will also start with the post install script but then for Proxmox Backup Server. The command is according to proxmox helper scripts is bash -c "$(curl -fsSL htt...
03. Setup VM replication tasks
Now that you have setup the datastore on your PBS host you can start connecting it to your PVE system. On the PBS you click on your datastore > Show connection information and keep the tab open s.t you can copy paste it to your PVE you want to backup. Then o...
3. PBS LXC/VM on a second PVE Instance
This strategy is exactly the same as the second strategy but the difference is that you run PBS on a different local machine all together. Now, it is up to you if you install PBS bare metal on this machine or you create another PVE 2 host with PBS running as a...
1. Hosting PBS on a Secondary PVE Host, but Why ?
Hosting Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) as a VM on a secondary PVE host rather than on your production cluster offers significant practical and operational advantages. Resource Efficiency and Flexibility Instead of purchasing dedicated bare-metal PBS servers, run...
2. Installation
The installation of PBS as a VM on a secondary PVE is quite straightforward and basically exactly the same as installing it on the production VM. You can of course again decide to have your OS on two or one SSD. I would recommend two again since if one fails t...
4. PBS Container on TrueNas Scale
Here we will setup PBS on top of Truenas Scale as a container. Why would you do this ? well if you run both proxmox pve and run a Truenas VM or bare metal then you have two different systems to backup. You want to backup your VM's and you want to back up your ...
1. Introduction
Note! Running another Truenas on bare metal also allows you to run proxmox pbs as a container! If you have just as me one production device and a small backup server with like 4cpus and 16gb of ram then this would be great solution for you. Otherwise you need ...
2. Installation
Source: PBS on Truenas by Lawrence Systems Alright! So you have chosen to install PBS on top of a TrueNas Scale bare metal instance. Well we don't need to go through installing TrueNas scale since you have already don that here Installing TrueNas Scale. Okey s...
6. TrueNas Backups
This chapter describes how you can backup your TrueNas VM or bare metal instance to another TrueNas instance. We will discuss both how to backup to another local instance and a remote instance.
1. Installation
It is up to you where you will run your second TrueNas Scale instance, but it is recommended to either store it bare metal or as a VM with dedicated drives. You have a PBS machine You have a TrueNas scale machine VM or bare metal And a third machine If you ...
2. Snapshots
Source: TrueNas Replication Task Note! Running another Truenas on bare metal also allows you to run proxmox pbs as a container! If you have just as me one production device and a small backup server with like 4cpus and 16gb of ram then this would be great solu...
4. Remote Backups
Now, regardless if you have setup your backups via method 1,2 or 3 it is still advised to have a remote backup in place. This is also known as a disaster recovery backup in the case of your house burning down, a flood, your setup gets stolen or come up with an...