Creating a Proxmox Backup Job

1. Select Job Manager in the sidebar. Then click the New Backup Job button in the upper right corner.

2. Select Proxmox as Job Type.
   You may also select the Job Folder to store the job in (for more information, see Job Manager). By default, all jobs are stored in the SS_DEFAULT job folder.
3. Specify the Job Name. For Proxmox Backup, this field may contain no more than 64 characters, and only digits, letters, hyphens, and underscores are allowed.
   You can also add an optional description (up to 48 characters).

4. Click Add Source in the SOURCES pane to specify which virtual machines you want to back up. The Source selection dialog will appear.
   When a parent is selected, any virtual machines added to it later are included automatically on the next run.

Tip.

You may view your current selection at any moment by clicking the Selected Items button next to the search field.

You can clear each item by clicking theicon next to the item, or clear all items at once using the Clear all button.

To close the Selected Items pane, use the “X” symbol or click anywhere outside the pane.

Note.

A single Proxmox VE backup job can protect virtual machines from more than one cluster. Expand each Proxmox VE node in the tree and select the virtual machines you want from each.

5. In the DESTINATION pane, specify the destination for the Proxmox VE backup.

Note.

Choose the vStor destination at the pool level. DPX will automatically create a separate volume in the selected pool for each protected virtual machine.

6. Optionally, add schedules in the SCHEDULES pane for the backup to be run on a regular basis.
   See Scheduling a Proxmox Backup Job.
7. Specify the retention period for the backup. The default value is 90 days.
8. Optionally, set notification options in the Advanced Options section. For details, see Job Options for Proxmox Backup below.
9. Click Save.
   The Run Job prompt will be shown, where you may run the job immediately. If you select No, you can run the job later from the Job Manager section.

Job Options for Proxmox Backup

Additional options for a Proxmox VE backup job are available in the Advanced Options section at the bottom of the job definition. Expand it, then expand the Notification Options header. The Notification Options section controls who receives messages pertaining to the job when it is run.

The notification options are a radio-button selection with three choices.

No notifications

No e-mail notifications will be sent.

Default e-mail notifications

E-mail notifications will be sent to the e-mail account specified in the Administrator E-mail Settings tab on the ENTERPRISE INFORMATION page under on the top menu bar. See E-mail Notification Defaults.

Custom e-mail notifications

If the Custom e-mail notifications option is selected, four additional entry fields appear:

Subject

The subject of your message. The subject line usually contains a combination of straight text and variable elements. Variables, which must begin with %, are replaced with actual corresponding values. If you enclose variables in double quotation marks, those variables are treated as literal values. You can embed the following variables:

• %JOBNAME
• %JOBID
• %JOBTYPE
• %RC

Use %RC to include the return code in the message for this run of the job, when applicable.

To

The email address of the primary recipient of your message. Only one “To” address is permitted.

Cc

Carbon Copy. The email address(es) of the secondary recipient(s) of your message. Use a semicolon to delimit multiple email addresses.

Bcc

Blind Carbon Copy. The email address(es) of the secondary recipient(s) not identified to other recipients. Use a semicolon to delimit multiple email addresses.

Note.

The following characters are invalid in all fields: < > ; and '.

Note.

DPX emailing must be enabled when you first configure your Enterprise. At that time, you supply general system information, including SMTP Host Name and SMTP Port. See Configuring Enterprise Information.