Need help understanding the point of PBS
Need help understanding the point of PBS
I installed Proxmox Backup Server in a VM on my nas to see what all the fuss was about. I messed with it for a but but then the install got botched (not PBS's fault) and I didn't bother messing with it anymore. What I have been doing is, on each of my nodes, just setting up scheduled backups of VMs to a share on my NAS. I can't figure out why using PBS would be any better that just doing that but people seem to like it. I only have to do this once on each node. Could anyone enlighten me as to what I am not seeing in PBS that makes it better?
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You didn't say what you are using for your scheduled backups. If it's something like Borg backup you got a similar level of functionality, CLI instead of a nice UI though.
I have been using Borg for years and recently also installed PBS. What I do like about it is that the UI is similar to PVE and that it nicely integrates the backup prcess into the UI which makes handling easier and in the end less error prone when it comes to restores I guess. From where I stand right now I will likely keep PBS for things which run on PVE, Borg for the rest of the world.
I was specifically talking about the backup of VMs and containers using the built-in backup function in the PVE UI. I just pick my smb share as the backup location. I didn't know you could use PBS to backup from non-PVE *environments. For my windows laptop, which I do most of my work on right now, I use Cobain Galaxy to backup to a smb share on the same nas. I don't have need for backups on my Debian laptop, I don't really use it in a way where I need resistance storage at this time.
*sorry for the RAS syndrome