---
title: Proxmox backup with pve-zsync
url: https://devopstales.github.io/virtualization/proxmox-backup-pve-zsync/
date: 2019-03-11
keywords: proxmox ve, proxmox cluster
---


Backup your machines on Pfsense with pve-zsync tool.

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### The servers
```
proxmox-node1 192.168.10.20
omv-nas1 192.168.10.50
```

### Install pve-zsync on servers
```
apt-get install pve-zsync
```

### Configure pve-zsync
```
pve-zsync create --source 107 --dest 192.168.10.50:tank --verbose --maxsnap 14 --name Backup_ZFS_srv_107

# test the config
cat /etc/cron.d/pve-zsync
* 8 * * * root pve-zsync sync --source 107 --dest 192.168.10.50:tank --name Backup_ZFS_srv_107 --maxsnap 14 --method ssh

# send diff
pve-zsync sync --source 107 --dest 192.168.10.50:tank --verbose --maxsnap 14 --name Backup_ZFS_srv_107

# the tool send the vm config to the /var/lib/pve-zsync/
```