[PVE-User] Guidance requested to make use of command line to take the back up of my VM to CIFS /NFS share

[Stefan Radman]

Hi Joseph

> I  was trying to take backup of VM to NFS /CIFS share, We have created the
> NFS and CIFS share and it shows in "df -h" , but do not show in the storage
> drop down  when I choose the backup of VM instance

Make sure to select Content => “VZDump backup file” in the PVE Datacenter => Storage properties of your “backup” share.

Then you should see it show up in the Virtual Machine => Backup => Storage dropdown.

> I am thinking in this situation, to make use command line and run the


No need to use the command line. 
It can all be done from the GUI, much more conveniently.

Regards

Stefan

> On Aug 4, 2023, at 11:06, Joseph John <jjk.saji at gmail.com <mailto:jjk.saji at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> Good afternoon
> I  was trying to take backup of VM to NFS /CIFS share, We have created the
> NFS and CIFS share and it shows in "df -h" , but do not show in the storage
> drop down  when I choose the backup of VM instance
> 
> But when I give a df-h , I get the results
> 
> oot at server-1:~# df -h
> Filesystem                               Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> udev                                     378G     0  378G   0% /dev
> tmpfs                                     76G   13M   76G   1% /run
> /dev/mapper/pve-root                      29G  6.2G   22G  23% /
> tmpfs                                    378G   69M  378G   1% /dev/shm
> tmpfs                                    5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
> tmpfs                                    378G     0  378G   0%
> /sys/fs/cgroup
> /dev/sdb2                                511M  312K  511M   1% /boot/efi
> /dev/fuse                                 30M   72K   30M   1% /etc/pve
> 
> *//10.115.129.160/proxmox <http://10.115.129.160/proxmox <http://10.115.129.160/proxmox>>
> 1.0T  359G  666G  36%
> /mnt/pve/backup10.115.129.169:/home/itsupport/nfsshare 1017G   14G  955G
> 2% /mnt/pve/nfsbackup*
> tmpfs                                     76G     0   76G   0% /run/user/0
> 
> 
> So from the df -h , we can see the CIFS and NFS, but through the web
> interfaces, backup option do not show them in the drop down menu.
> I am thinking in this situation, to make use command line and run the
> backup so that I can specify the location (cifs or nfs share) to which I
> can  copy the disk image
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Joseph John
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