[pve-devel] About PVE Backup Integration Guide

[Prashant Patil]

Just for clarity - The backup/restore jobs will be configured on the Proxmox VE side, the job gets triggered on Proxmox VE side and that is where the provider API comes into picture to take backups to specified storage. Is this understanding correct?



Thanks

Prashant



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Subject: Re: [pve-devel] About PVE Backup Integration Guide





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Am 01.04.25 um 10:52 schrieb Prashant Patil:

> When does Proxmox VE backend calls functions from the plugin? The

> backup/restore tasks/jobs are configured in our Backup Solution hence

> this question.



During running a Proxmox VE backup job or backup/restore invocation via API. If you manage the jobs on the server side, you will need to start the backup via the corresponding API call:



For backup:

https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpve.proxmox.com%2Fpve-docs%2Fapi-viewer%2F%23%2Fnodes%2F&data=05%7C02%7CPrashant.Gamepatil%40veritas.com%7Cf394f36683574eb0cdf508dd70fc561c%7Cfc8e13c0422c4c55b3eaca318e6cac32%7C0%7C0%7C638790951278353942%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=u%2FmQXat93EOwXF2O9nW%2Bmivf7sujiSnacY4LISZm%2FU4%3D&reserved=0{node}/vzdump<https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/api-viewer/#/nodes/>



For restore of VM, POST call with 'archive' argument being the volume ID used by your storage plugin implementation:

https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpve.proxmox.com%2Fpve-docs%2Fapi-viewer%2F%23%2Fnodes%2F&data=05%7C02%7CPrashant.Gamepatil%40veritas.com%7Cf394f36683574eb0cdf508dd70fc561c%7Cfc8e13c0422c4c55b3eaca318e6cac32%7C0%7C0%7C638790951278382101%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zuUEmWNhwWiygheMU27uC8xmjmuGWkrbI6Q3SbG51AU%3D&reserved=0{node}/qemu<https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/api-viewer/#/nodes/>



For restore of VM, POST call with 'restore' argument set to true and 'ostemplate' argument being the volume ID used by your storage plugin

implementation:

https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpve.proxmox.com%2Fpve-docs%2Fapi-viewer%2F%23%2Fnodes%2F&data=05%7C02%7CPrashant.Gamepatil%40veritas.com%7Cf394f36683574eb0cdf508dd70fc561c%7Cfc8e13c0422c4c55b3eaca318e6cac32%7C0%7C0%7C638790951278398953%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rs1rXinYnZBKZL6AhpK6NgV0OTlXpZgeJPaMLYfeceo%3D&reserved=0{node}/lxc<https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/api-viewer/#/nodes/>



See also:



https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpve.proxmox.com%2Fpve-docs%2Fchapter-pveum.html%23pveum_tokens&data=05%7C02%7CPrashant.Gamepatil%40veritas.com%7Cf394f36683574eb0cdf508dd70fc561c%7Cfc8e13c0422c4c55b3eaca318e6cac32%7C0%7C0%7C638790951278413524%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=OvRxJgULYhqnbrseGE1nvti7cBLnvK6O4q%2FNXkQY2%2BQ%3D&reserved=0<https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/chapter-pveum.html#pveum_tokens>



However, note that users will still be able to configure jobs/issue backups/restores for your backup storage on the Proxmox VE-side. That is where the backups are taken/needed for restore, so the provider API is designed to be fully integrated on the Proxmox VE-side.



Best Regards,

Fiona




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