Configuring full backup

All full backups are in the tar format containing both the configuration file and virtual disk image file. The backup files are all you need to restore a virtual machine on any nodes and on any storage. Full backup files are named based on the several following formats for both KVM and LXC virtual machines:

vzdump-lxc-<ct_id>-YYYY_MM_DD-HH_MM_SS.tar
vzdump-lxc-<ct_id>-YYYY_MM_DD-HH_MM_SS.tar.lzo
vzdump-lxc-<ct_id>-YYYY_MM_DD-HH_MM_SS.tar.gz

vzdump-qemu-<vm_id>-YYYY_MM_DD-HH_MM_SS.vma
vzdump-qemu-<vm_id>-YYYY_MM_DD-HH_MM_SS.vma.lzo
vzdump-qemu-<vm_id>-YYYY_MM_DD-HH_MM_SS.vma.fz

The following screenshot shows a list of backup files in a backup storage node, as seen from the Proxmox GUI:

In Proxmox, we can schedule automated backup tasks or commit manual backups for each virtual machine. Whether scheduled or manual, the backup process is the same for both KVM and LXC virtual machines.

Creating a schedule for Backup

Schedules can be created...