Proxmox Backup Software – Backup & Protect Proxmox VMs

Proxmox Backup & Restore for Proxmox VE Environments

  • Agentless VM Backup for Proxmox virtual machines
  • Supports Backup for Proxmox Clusters
  • Automate the backup process with flexible scheduling
  • Store backups on local disk, NAS, SAN, S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud, Wasabi, etc
  • Retain backups as long as you need
  • Advanced data security with end-to-end encryption
  • Centralized management and reporting capabilities
Backup 10 Proxmox VMs for Free | Supported Platforms: Proxmox VE 7.4 & above
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What is Proxmox Backup?

Proxmox Backup is the process of creating copies of data from your Proxmox virtual machines (VMs) and containers. It ensures that in the event of a system failure or data loss, you can quickly restore Proxmox VMs and maintain business continuity. Regularly backing up VMs and containers can protect your critical data on Proxmox VE and minimize downtime.

Deliver Profitable Backup as a Service (BaaS) & Managed Backup Service

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  • Files & Folders Backup
  • Disk Image Backup
  • SaaS Backup
  • Agentless VM Backup
  • Cloud VM Backup
  • Database/App Backup

Benefits of Proxmox VE Backup Solutions

Comprehensive Backup Solution

Backup important business data by establishing comprehensive secure backups, minimizing the data loss.

Flexible Storage Options

This flexibility allows users to store backup data on various storage mediums, including local storage, network-attached storage (NAS), storage area networks (SAN), or cloud storage like S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud, Wasabi, etc.

Instant Recovery

Rapidly restore data from backups, ensuring business continuity and protecting business from data loss

Key Features of Proxmox Backup Solution

Agentless Backup for Proxmox VE

Robust VM Protection

BDRSuite delivers robust protection for your Proxmox virtual machines with various advanced features, including agentless backup, incremental backups & more.

Flexible Storage Options

BDRSuite supports wide range of storage options, allowing you to store your backed up data in local disk, NAS, SAN, S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud, Wasabi, etc

Automated Backups

You can schedule automated backups with BDRSuite to ensure consistent data protection. BDRSuite offers flexible scheduling options, including every 15 mins, hourly, daily, weekly, & more.

Data Security

Protect your critical Proxmox VM backups both during and after the data transfer process with end-to-end encryption with AES 256 bit algorithm and backup storage protection techniques

Recovery of Proxmox VMs

Instant Boot VM

You can instantly restore the entire Proxmox VM from backup in less than 15 mins on same host or different ensuring business continuity.

Full VM Recovery

Restore the entire VM from the Proxmox VE backup data to same host or a different proxmox host .

Disk Mount

BDRSuite provides the option to mount the backup disk and instantly recover individual files or folders using the Disk Mount option

File Level Recovery

You can choose to restore specific folders or files with BDRSuite granular search file level recovery from any restore point

Download VMs & Disks

BDRSuite supports downloading the backed up VMs/Disks into different virtual formats such as RAW, VHD, VHDX, VMDK, & Flat-VMDK which can be used for full VM recovery or VM migration

Management of Proxmox VE Backups

Data Retention

Retain backup data as per your requirement with flexible retention policies, which help in complying with the regulatory business policies.

Centralized Management

BDRSuite offers centralized management allowing you to easily configure backups, monitor, and manage backup & recovery.

Reporting and Notifications

BDRSuite enables you with constant reporting and email notifications to keep you informed about the status of your backup and recovery tasks.

Supported Platforms

  • Proxmox VE 8.2
  • Proxmox VE 8.1
  • Proxmox VE 8.0
  • Proxmox VE 7.4

How Proxmox VE Backup Works

Step 1 – Agentless Backup

BDRSuite provides agentless backup solution for Proxmox Virtual Environments, enabling native backups without need for agents in each VM.

Step 2 – Checkpoint Creation

BDRSuite initiates backup by creating check points capturing the entire state of the VM including the OS ,disks, files etc ensuring data consistent backup.

Step 3 – Secure Data Transfer

The captured backup data is securely transferred to the designated backup repository – local storage (NAS, SAN, etc) or Cloud (S3, Azure Blob, Google, etc) as configured. Encryption is employed for a secure data transfer process, ensuring data integrity.

Step 4 – Incremental Backups

After the initial full backup this captures only the changes made since the last backup, reducing backup time and minimizing storage requirements.

Step 5 – Retention and Management

BDRSuite offers both version based and day based retention policies, allowing organizations to flexibly retain their data

Step 6 – Proxmox VE Recovery

In time of disasters, BDRSuite supports reliable and instant recovery. This includes restoring entire VMs, individual files or folders, providing comprehensive data restoration options.

How to Backup Proxmox Virtual Machines

BDRSuite’s Proxmox backup solution offers comprehensive backup with agentless backup, data retention policies, flexible recovery ensuring complete protection to data in the Proxmox virtual environments
  1. Download BDRSuite: Download and Install BDRSuite Backup Server.
  2. Add Proxmox Host: Add Proxmox host as Data Sources on BDRSuite, from which you want to backup.
  3. Configure backup storage: You can store the backup data on NAS, SAN, S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud, S3 Compatible storage – Wasabi, MinIO, Backblaze, etc.
  4. Configure backup:
    • Select VMs for backup.
    • Automate backups at specific intervals.
    • Configure Retention & Encryption settings
  5. Save & Run the Backup Job: Backup will start to run as per the schedule.
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How to Restore Proxmox VMs from Backup

BDRSuite offers various restore options to restore Proxmox VMs from backup. You can choose relying on the requirement as needed.
  1. Instant Boot VM: Instantly restore your entire Proxmox VM from backup in less than 15 minutes, to same host or different host ensuring business continuity
  2. Full VM Recovery: Restore the entire VM from Proxmox VE backup to the source or different Proxmox VE host in your environment
  3. Disk Mount: BDRSuite allows you to mount the backup disk and recover specific files or folders, providing efficient recovery option
  4. Download VMs & Disks: BDRSuite facilitates the download of backed-up VMs/Disks in multiple virtual formats, including RAW, VHD, VHDX, VMDK, and Flat-VMDK. These formats can be employed for comprehensive VM recovery or streamlined VM migration
  5. File Level Recovery:Recovery only the needed files/folders from the entire Vm backup reducing the business downtime and enhancing efficiency
Proxmox VE Backup Solutions

Proxmox Backup and Recovery – FAQs

Proxmox Backup Server is a dedicated solution for backing up and restoring virtual machines (VMs), containers, and physical hosts within the Proxmox environment. However, it has some limitations in terms of flexibility and advanced features.To enhance your backup strategy, it is recommended to use a third-party Proxmox VE backup solution like BDRSuite.

BDRSuite’s Proxmox VE Backup offers a comprehensive set of features such as agentless backup, granular recovery, advanced scheduling, and extensive storage options, which can significantly improve the management and protection of your data.

Proxmox Backup solutions allows you to backup and restore virtual machines in Proxmox VE environments, ensuring data protection and minimizing downtime.

BDRSuite offers several advantages over Proxmox Backup Server:

  • Agentless backup for easier deployment and lower resource consumption
  • Flexible scheduling and advanced backup options for better control
  • It supports cross-platform environments, making it more versatile
  • Options to store backups in multiple destinations & locations
  • Scalability ensures it can grow with your environment
  • The free version allows backing up up to 10 Proxmox VMs, making it accessible for small setups

BDRSuite’s Proxmox backup software allows you to automate backups with flexible scheduling options such as Every 15mins, hourly, daily, weekly or monthly, ensuring that backups are taken regularly without manual intervention.

To backup a Proxmox host or VM, use BDRSuite’s Proxmox backup solution, which supports agentless backup of individual VMs and the entire host. Set up automated backup schedules to ensure regular backups, use the flexible storage options for your backup destination and centrally manage all your backups with BDRSuite.

A Proxmox cluster is a group of Proxmox servers (nodes) connected together to work as a unified system. It enables centralized management, load balancing, and resource sharing between nodes, improving scalability and availability for virtual machines and containers. BDRSuite supports Proxmox cluster backup

No, BDRSuite does not currently support container backup in Proxmox. It focuses on backing up virtual machines (VMs) within the Proxmox VE environment.

BDRSuite offers a free version of its Proxmox backup solution, protecting up to 10 Proxmox virtual machines, at no cost.

The best backup method for Proxmox is agentless backup, which is offered by BDRSuite for efficient, secure, and easy-to-manage backups without the need for additional agents running on the VMs.

For optimal Proxmox VE backup, follow these best practices:

  • Use agentless backup for minimal overhead
  • Automate backups to ensure consistency and reduce manual effort
  • Store backups in multiple destinations & locations – Locally and in the cloud for redundancy
  • Test your backups regularly to verify restore capability
  • Implement incremental backups to optimize storage usage

With BDRSuite’s Proxmox backup software, you can easily backup your entire Proxmox server, including all VMs, through its agentless backup solution.

Yes, BDRSuite offers a robust backup solution for Proxmox VE environments, providing agentless backups with full VM & granular restore capabilities.

BDRSuite allows you to easily recover Proxmox virtual machines to a previous state from your backup with multiple recovery options such as instant VM restore, full VM recovery, file level recovery.

Yes, BDRSuite supports Proxmox cluster backup. It allows you to backup all virtual machines within a Proxmox cluster efficiently, using its agentless backup solution. BDRSuite offers flexible scheduling and storage options for both individual VMs and entire clusters, ensuring your Proxmox environment is well-protected with minimal manual intervention.

The best Proxmox backup solution is BDRSuite, offering agentless backups, flexible scheduling, the ability to store backups locally or in the cloud, centralized management and more.

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