Configuring Datastore

Datastore is where the backups will be saved. This article goes over configuring datastore using a disk on the machine. If not using volume from machine check out this article to  use NAS storage via NFS 
   
 Creating Datastore 
 
 Login to PBS 
 Under Storage/Disks got to  Directory 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Click Create: Directory 
 
 Select the disk 
 Choose Filesystem (I chose ext4) 
 Give datastore a name 
 Make sure Add as Datastore is selected 
 Click  Create 
 
 
 
 
 Setting up Datastore in Proxmox Backup Server 
 
 Under Datastore click Create Datastore 
 
 Name: Choose name to call it 
 Backup Path: Select the path to folder directory on the machine.  
 Under Prune option this is personal preference, but deduplication really lowers the amount of space needed, so keeping more backups is not bad decision. 
 
 
 Once done click Add 
 
 
 When the datastore is added, clicking on datastore will give you info, and also ability to adjust Prune and CG Jobs. Also, under Verify Jobs it's good idea to add Verify Job for checking that backup isn't corrupted and that will work when needed. 
 
 Under Prune & CG Jobs make sure CG Job is set to daily. You can adjust Prune job here as well 
 Under  Verify Job  click  Add  and schedule Verify to run Daily and Re-Verify to run every 30 days 
 
 It is optional to create a namespace. Storing your backups in separate namespaces is very useful if you ever plan on planning to use your PBS to store backups from multiple Proxmox hosts, or even other Linux server. 
 
 
 Under Content click Add Namespace 
 
 Parent Namespace: This would be folder in which this subfolder will live, usually root 
 Namespace Name: name of the folder where backups will live