[PVE-User] Proxmox PBS: Recommended task schedules (Prune, GC, Verifiy)?

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> Am 29.10.2022 um 13:40 schrieb Roland <devzero at web.de>:
> 
> >Do I have to ensure in some way that these tasks don't overlap?
> 
> since proxmox gui/scheduling won't allow serialization of this tasks,
> i'm running them via cron/script
> 
> # proxmox-backup-manager verify pve-t620_backup --ignore-verified true
> --outdated-after 30
> # pvesm prune-backups pbs_pve-t620_backup --keep-daily 31 --keep-weekly
> 8 --keep-monthly 6
> # proxmox-backup-manager garbage-collection start pve-t620_backup
> 
> regards
> Roland
> 
> 
> 
>> Am 29.10.22 um 12:25 schrieb Hermann Himmelbauer:
>> Dear Proxmox users,
>> I am currently configuring a PBS server. For the retention, I used the
>> values from the following page:
>> 
>> https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/maintenance.html
>> 
>> keep-last:3, keep-daily:30, keep-weekly: 8, keep-monthly: 11,
>> keep-yearly:9
>> 
>> This looks like a decent retention scenario. The underlying datastore
>> is ZFS, approx. 40TB.
>> 
>> The backups to my PBS-Server is done at night, starting at 1:00 from a
>> PVE-Cluster. The backup itself runs for approx. 5 hours.
>> 
>> Working great, o.k. - now I need to configure the following tasks:
>> 
>> - Prune
>> - Garbage Collection
>> - Verfiy
>> 
>> Well, it's now really unclear to me when and how often I should do
>> these tasks? Do I have to ensure in some way that these tasks don't
>> overlap?
>> 
>> Thinking in non-overlapping terms, I'd do it like this:
>> 
>> - Prune: daily at 6:00
>> - GC: daily at 11:00
>> - Verify: daily at 15:00
>> 
>> Or is it better to simply do it like that:
>> 
>> - Prune: hourly
>> - GC: hourly
>> - Verfiy: hourly
>> 
>> Any hints?
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> Hermann
>> 
>> P.S.: I think it would be a great addition to the manual to put some
>> recommendations / best practices there.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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