[pve-devel] [PATCH v2 docs 2/2] vzdump/storage: mention protected backups limit and give an example

Fabian Ebner f.ebner at proxmox.com
Tue Mar 29 14:53:18 CEST 2022


Signed-off-by: Fabian Ebner <f.ebner at proxmox.com>
---

Changes from v1:
    * Explicitly mention the (now more dynamic) default rather than
      just having it documented in the schema only.

 pve-storage-dir.adoc | 5 +++--
 vzdump.adoc          | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pve-storage-dir.adoc b/pve-storage-dir.adoc
index d1ca3eb..4116fe5 100644
--- a/pve-storage-dir.adoc
+++ b/pve-storage-dir.adoc
@@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ dir: backup
         path /mnt/backup
         content backup
         prune-backups keep-last=7
+        max-protected-backups 3
 ----
 
 The above configuration defines a storage pool called `backup`. That pool can be
-used to store up to 7 backups (`keep-last=7`) per VM. The real path for the
-backup files is `/mnt/backup/dump/...`.
+used to store up to 7 regular backups (`keep-last=7`) and 3 protected backups
+per VM. The real path for the backup files is `/mnt/backup/dump/...`.
 
 
 File naming conventions
diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc
index b9dca2a..093f639 100644
--- a/vzdump.adoc
+++ b/vzdump.adoc
@@ -301,6 +301,11 @@ For filesystem-based storages, the protection is implemented via a sentinel file
 `<backup-name>.protected`. For Proxmox Backup Server, it is handled on the
 server side (available since Proxmox Backup Server version 2.1).
 
+Use the storage option `max-protected-backups` to control how many protected
+backups per guest are allowed on the storage. Use `-1` for unlimited. The
+default is unlimited for users with `Datastore.Allocate` privilege and `5` for
+other users.
+
 [[vzdump_restore]]
 Restore
 -------
-- 
2.30.2






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