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

[Joseph John]

Dear All,
THANKS
vzdump [vmno] --dumpdir */mnt/pve/backup* --mode snapshot
this worked and we were able to migrate the instances
thanks
Thanks
Joseph John



On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 4:05 PM Stefan Radman via pve-user <
pve-user at lists.proxmox.com> wrote:

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> Subject: Re: [PVE-User] Guidance requested to make use of command line to
> take the back up of my VM to CIFS /NFS share
> 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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> Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2023 14:04:44 +0200
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> take the back up of my VM to CIFS /NFS share
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