Proxmox Backup Server: Full Getting Started Guide!

Proxmox Backup Server is a custom Linux distro that you can run on your server to have it serve as a backup endpoint. It integrates quickly and easily with Proxmox Virtual Environment, making it a great solution to back up your virtual machines and containers. In addition to that, it can also be used to store non-VM backups too, so running Proxmox Virtual Environment is NOT a requirement. In this video, I'll teach you everything you need in order to get started with Proxmox Backup Server.

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00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Section 1 - General information
03:07 - What do you need to get started?
05:24 - Section 2 - Installation Process
10:26 - Section 3 - User interface Overview
22:24 - Installing updates
28:14 - Section 4 - Proxmox VE VM and Container Backups
40:02 - Section 5 - Installing and using the backup client
45:27 - Using the client to send a backup to the server
48:58 - Creating an encrypted backup
51:07 - Setting up an environment variable to shorten backup commands
52:42 - Listing Proxmox backup groups
54:28 - Mounting a backup to the local filesystem

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[jeremystevenson]

switched to proxmox backup about a week ago thanks to your video... Ive been a longtime proxmox user for my home lab and now i feel dumb for not using their backup solution. Thanks for the video bro!

[donaldwilliams]

Great video! Did the steps as you laid them out and had no issues with backup Thank you !

[tomdonovan]

Hi Jay, I think you have done a great job explaining the basics of Proxmox VE & Backup software.

[skytree]

This is really the greatest tutorial for proxmox ever. Deep Respect from south korea.

[pauldowling]

Thanks so much. Due to your straightforward explanations I was able to setup my pbs.

[michaelwaterman]

Thanks Jay! Got my first Proxmox Backup server running now 🙂

[cvkitcarclubnl]

Thanks for the very nice demo. I did the same and it works great!

[jonathanrider]

Thanks for this one Jay - keep it up! They say there are two kinds of people; those who backup and those who wish they had backed up. I am enjoying learning Proxmox and regrettably have to admit I'm in the latter group. Moving forward I hope to backup well and often!

[michaelhess]

It's a good idea to put a valid cert on ALL internal systems. It's a good IOC if it fails when you login, or setup a logging solution to check the cert regularly and alert if it's expired or changed.

[aptdep]

Thank you, the course is very good. However, as in many similar courses, there is no information about configuring storage, especially when creating a cluster on different storage configurations. In fact, it is a very important topic, because many people have difficulties with this.

[bobapp]

very nice breakdown! i am going to lab this and see how it works in my work environment !

[vindicatedafi]

Ever think about doing a series for different Linux certifications out there? Linux+ LPIC or RHCSA? Love the content you are my go to for learning all kinds of Linux stuff. Keep up the great work!

[Innocentdarkness]

Thanks, for this video ! have a good week sir...

[SamHozan]

Thank you very much. You saved me a lot of time. I really appreciate it and God bless you.

[javierpalumbo]

Great Video!!! very useful. Thank you!!

[yuriw]

Great video! Does it make sense to use a backup client to backup a pve server node?

[edbpadilla]

Hi! I learned so much from your content. May I ask if you could do a video to backup and restore the Proxmox VE itself?

[jojolization]

a nice video, thanks.

a quick question I always feel confused : what is the main difference between the VM clone and the PBS restore to a new VM?

[valerykolganov]

Thank you for this video ! Can I attach an iscsi target to PBS and doing backup on that ?

[WorldOfPPG]

Hello Jay, I watched all your videos on Proxmox and this one as well. Your videos are very clean and to the point. Thank you for that you doing amazing job. I do have one question about Proxmox Backup Server. does the physical server/box have to be on local network or it could be located anywhere in the world ? I Understand that you may be laughing to this question but it is all new to me 🙂 ? or Even diferently asked similar questio....Can PBS be set up on local network and then plugged in in different part of world ?