Install Proxmox VE Backup Plugin
Download Backup Plugin
The Proxmox VE VM backup plugins can be downloaded from the login screen of Vinchin backup server's web console.
- By clicking on Download Backup Plugin, you'll see the download options.
- In Type dropdown list, select VM Backup Plugin option.
- In Platform dropdown list, select Proxmox VE.
- In the Version dropdown list, select the exact version of your Proxmox VE.
- Click on Download button to download the installer.
Install Backup Plugin
The VM backup plugin for Proxmox VE should be installed on the Proxmox VE pool master host and the slave hosts, please upload the backup plugin installer to all the hosts for installation.
After the installer is uploaded, please install it from the Proxmox VE hosts' command line interface (CLI) by using the below command:
dpkg -i vinchin-stack-patch-cloud-xxx.Ubuntu.x86_64.deb
Where the ‘xxx’ should be the version number same as the actual downloaded installer.
Please make sure you upload and install the backup plugin installer on all the Proxmox VE hosts.
Uninstall Backup Plugin
In order to reinstall the backup plugin or to install a newer version of backup plugin, you need to first uninstall the existing backup plugin.
To uninstall Vinchin backup plugin for Proxmox VE, please run the below command from Proxmox VE host CLI.
dpkg -P vinchin-stack-patch-cloud
The uninstall command should be executed from the folder decompressed from the installer package.
Notice
If the Proxmox VE backup plugin gets uninstalled without reinstallation or installing a newer version of backup plugin, your VM backup jobs will fail!