Proxmox Backup Server Tutorial: How to Install & Configure

Learn Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) to protect PVE VMs from data loss & ensure secure backups always.

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#### Commands used ####

vim /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pbs-client bookworm main

wget https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/proxmox-release-bookworm.gpg -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/proxmox-release-bookworm.gpg

apt install proxmox-backup-client

proxmox-backup-client backup root.pxar:/ --repository 192.168.0.234:zfs_datastore

#### Bonus encrypted client backups ####

proxmox-backup-client key create /root/crypt.key

proxmox-backup-client backup root.pxar:/ --repository 192.168.0.234:zfs_datastore --keyfile /root/crypt.key


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0:00 - Installing PBS
2:55 - Repo configuration & updates
4:18 - Datastore configuration
5:57 - Manual VM backup demo
7:47 - Stop vs snapshot backup
8:35 - Manual VM backup demo
9:31 - Scheduled backups
10:31 - Restoring a VM
11:27 - File level restore
12:16 - Backup encryption
13:19 - Proxmox backup client

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