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Backing up Proxmox Backup Server
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Quick info: you cannot backup the Host server with PBS, only VMs and LXCs.
Edit: there seems to be some ways to send a manual backup of the PVE host to PBS but it seems to be CLI only and I don't think the GUI allows that.
Also, you might want to put the backups in a dedicated partition or drive if you can, so you'd just have to reinstall pbs in case it get bad. I don't know any way to backup pbs, as I don't do that myself, maybe backuppc ?
Yea that's the main plan, the laptop would hold the PBS system, but all backups would go straight to the NAS. if the laptop dies I can just find something else to put PBS on with minimal hassle.