[pbs-devel] applied: [PATCH v3 00/20] Single file restore for VM images

[Thomas Lamprecht]

On 31.03.21 12:21, Stefan Reiter wrote:
> Implements CLI-based single file and directory restore for both pxar.didx
> archives (containers, hosts) and img.fidx (VMs, raw block devices). The design
> for VM restore uses a small virtual machine that the host communicates with via
> virtio-vsock.
> 
> This is encapsuled into a new package called "proxmox-file-restore", providing a
> binary of the same name. A second package is provided in a new git repository[0]
> called "proxmox-backup-restore-image", providing a minimal kernel image and a
> base initramfs (without the daemon, which is included in proxmox-file-restore).
> 
> Dependency bump in proxmox-backup for pxar is required.
> 
> Tested with ext4 and NTFS VMs, but theoretically includes support for many more
> filesystems.
> 
> Known issues/Missing features:
> * GUI/PVE support
> * PBS_PASSWORD/PBS_FINGERPRINT currently have to be set manually for VM restore
> * ZFS/LVM/md/... support
> * shell auto-complete for "proxmox-file-restore" doesn't seem to work (and I
>   don't know why...)
> 
> [0] now already public at:
>     https://git.proxmox.com/?p=proxmox-backup-restore-image.git;a=summary
> 


applied the remaining patches now, thanks!

PVE support with GUI integration would be the most important thing to implement
next.