From 910177a388b220899ecf3c52d4990f02840c87cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Lamprecht Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:07:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: pve-integration: mention gui integration Signed-off-by: Thomas Lamprecht --- docs/pve-integration.rst | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/pve-integration.rst b/docs/pve-integration.rst index fc6dcdfb..35d2adfd 100644 --- a/docs/pve-integration.rst +++ b/docs/pve-integration.rst @@ -3,6 +3,26 @@ `Proxmox VE`_ Integration ------------------------- +A Proxmox Backup Server can be integrated into a Proxmox VE setup by adding the +former as a storage in a Proxmox VE standalone or cluster setup. + +See also the `Proxmox VE Storage - Proxmox Backup Server +`_ section +of the Proxmox VE Administration Guide for Proxmox VE specific documentation. + + +Using the Proxmox VE Web-Interface +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Proxmox VE has native API and web-interface integration of Proxmox Backup +Server since the `Proxmox VE 6.3 release +`_. + +A Proxmox Backup Server can be added under ``Datacenter -> Storage``. + +Using the Proxmox VE Command-Line +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + You need to define a new storage with type 'pbs' on your `Proxmox VE`_ node. The following example uses ``store2`` as storage name, and assumes the server address is ``localhost``, and you want to connect @@ -41,9 +61,9 @@ After that you should be able to see storage status with: Name Type Status Total Used Available % store2 pbs active 3905109820 1336687816 2568422004 34.23% -Having added the PBS datastore to `Proxmox VE`_, you can backup VMs and -containers in the same way you would for any other storage device within the -environment (see `PVE Admin Guide: Backup and Restore +Having added the Proxmox Backup Server datastore to `Proxmox VE`_, you can +backup VMs and containers in the same way you would for any other storage +device within the environment (see `Proxmox VE Admin Guide: Backup and Restore `_.