[pbs-devel] [PATCH proxmox-backup 1/2] docs: add remotes and sync-jobs and schedules

[Stoiko Ivanov]

Signed-off-by: Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov at proxmox.com>
---
 docs/administration-guide.rst | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 docs/glossary.rst             | 16 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 74 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/administration-guide.rst b/docs/administration-guide.rst
index ae14ac4b..37a716c6 100644
--- a/docs/administration-guide.rst
+++ b/docs/administration-guide.rst
@@ -340,6 +340,64 @@ following roles exist:
   Is allowed to read data from a remote.
 
 
+:term:`Remote`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+A remote is a different Proxmox Backup Server installation and a user on that
+installation, from which you can `sync` datastores to a local datastore with a
+`Sync Job`.
+
+For adding a remote you need its hostname or ip, a userid and password on the
+remote and its certificate fingerprint to add it. To get the fingerprint use
+the ``proxmox-backup-manager cert info`` command on the remote.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  # proxmox-backup-manager cert info |grep Fingerprint
+  Fingerprint (sha256): 64:d3:ff:3a:50:38:53:5a:9b:f7:50:...:ab:fe
+
+With the needed information add the remote with:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  # proxmox-backup-manager remote create pbs2 --host pbs2.mydomain.example --userid sync at pam --password 'SECRET' --fingerprint 64:d3:ff:3a:50:38:53:5a:9b:f7:50:...:ab:fe
+
+Use the ``list``, ``show``, ``update``, ``remove`` subcommands of
+``proxmox-backup-manager remote`` to manage your remotes:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  # proxmox-backup-manager remote update pbs2 --host pbs2.example
+  # proxmox-backup-manager remote list
+  ┌──────┬──────────────┬──────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────┐
+  │ name │ host         │ userid   │ fingerprint                               │ comment │
+  ╞══════╪══════════════╪══════════╪═══════════════════════════════════════════╪═════════╡
+  │ pbs2 │ pbs2.example │ sync at pam │64:d3:ff:3a:50:38:53:5a:9b:f7:50:...:ab:fe │         │
+  └──────┴──────────────┴──────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────┘
+  # proxmox-backup-manager remote remove pbs2
+
+
+Sync Jobs
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+Sync jobs are configured to pull the contents of a datastore on a `Remote` to a
+local datastore. You can either start the sync job manually on the GUI or
+provide it with a :term:`schedule` to run regularly. The
+``proxmox-backup-manager sync-job`` command is used to manage sync jobs:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+  # proxmox-backup-manager sync-job create pbs2-local --remote pbs2 --remote-store local --store local --schedule 'Wed 02:30'
+  # proxmox-backup-manager sync-job update pbs2-local --comment 'offsite'
+  # proxmox-backup-manager sync-job list
+  ┌────────────┬───────┬────────┬──────────────┬───────────┬─────────┐
+  │ id         │ store │ remote │ remote-store │ schedule  │ comment │
+  ╞════════════╪═══════╪════════╪══════════════╪═══════════╪═════════╡
+  │ pbs2-local │ local │ pbs2   │ local        │ Wed 02:30 │ offsite │
+  └────────────┴───────┴────────┴──────────────┴───────────┴─────────┘
+  # proxmox-backup-manager sync-job remove pbs2-local
+
+
 Backup Client usage
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst
index 78a78d91..b831bea3 100644
--- a/docs/glossary.rst
+++ b/docs/glossary.rst
@@ -46,3 +46,19 @@ Glossary
       kernel driver handles filesystem requests and sends them to a
       userspace application.
 
+   Remote
+
+      A remote Proxmox Backup Server installation and credentials for a user on it.
+      You can pull datastores from a remote to a local datastore in order to
+      have redundant backups.
+
+   Schedule
+
+      Certain tasks, for example pruning and garbage collection, need to be
+      performed on a regular basis. Proxmox Backup Server uses a subset of the
+      `systemd Time and Date Specification
+      <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.time.html#>`_.
+      The subset currently supports time of day specifications and weekdays, in
+      addition to the shorthand expressions 'minutely', 'hourly', 'daily'.
+      There is no support for specifying timezones, the tasks are run in the
+      timezone configured on the server.
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