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Mount Storage on Proxmox + Set up Regular Backups

by Jan Bachelor November 23, 2024

Assuming that you have already completed the installation of the ‘fuse3’ package and got the storage mounted in /mnt/gcp, you can now do the following:

  • On your computer, open Proxmox’s web interface and go to ‘Datacenter‘ → ‘Storage‘ → Add. Choose ‘Directory’ as the option.
  • As ID, write a name that you will easily remember, such as ‘gcp’.
  • For Directory, enter the full path to the folder where the bucket is mounted, such as /mnt/gcp .
  • Make sure to select all at least ‘VZDump backups‘ from the list.
  • You can ignore the ‘Retention’ tab as we will configure it in another section.
Mount new storage into Proxmox as a directory
Allow at least VZDump backups on the remote storage
  • Once you confirm your selection, head to ‘Datacenter’ → ‘Backup’ → and click on the ‘Add’ button.
    • Storage → your newly added one cloud storage.
    • Schedule → best to choose a regular time in the night.
    • Selection mode → choose which VMs / containers you would like to have backed up (or, as I prefer, choose ‘Exclude selected VMs’, which means all but some that you do not want, which makes it more future proof).
    • Repeat missed → in case there is downtime, it is good to tick it
    • Then go to the ‘Retention’ tab to choose the lifecycle options of your backups. For example, if you run the remote backups monthly, you may wish to have a copy of the last three months in there.
Choose which VMs to include or exclude in your backups
Set up retention of your backups on Proxmox

It may be a good idea to run the first backup manually to see how it goes. If interested, I can update this guide with how to backup some of the Proxmox settings as well as how to run a restore from another node – let me know!

Auto-mount your bucket on reboot + log rotation (Ubuntu)
Go back to course overview: Remote Bucket Storage for Proxmox VM Backups

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Course Steps

  1. Overview of Cloud Storage Providers’ Pricing
  2. Bucket Set Up - Google Archive Storage
  3. rClone Set up - connect to your bucket
  4. Auto-mount your bucket on reboot + log rotation (Ubuntu)
  5. Mount Storage on Proxmox + Set up Regular Backups

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