Proxmox Data Restoration Mastery: A Step-by-Step Tutorial for Users

Data recovery is a process that restores lost, stolen, or damaged data to its original state or moves it to a new location, often due to human error, accidental deletion, or corruption.

a) How do I restore data in Proxmox ?

1. First, enter the proxmox-backup-client catalog dump host /elsa/2019-12-03T09:35:01Z command to find specific files.

2. Then, enter the proxmox-backup-client restore host/elsa/2019-12-03T09:35:01Z root.pxar /target/path/ command to restore a single archive from the backup.

3. After that, enter the proxmox-backup-client restore host/elsa/2019-12-03T09:35:01Z index.json – command to dump the contents to the standard output.

b) How do I interactively restore data in Proxmox ?

1. You can use the proxmox-backup-client catalog shell host /elsa/2019-12-03T09:35:01Z root.pxar command to restore a few individual files.

2. You can use the pxar :/  > find etc/**/*.txt –select “/etc/X11/rgb.txt”, pxar :/ > list-selected etc/**/*.txt, and pxar :/ > restore-selected /target/path command to search the contents of the archive.

3. You can also use the pxar :/ > restore target/ –pattern etc/**/*.conf command to restore configuration files located in /etc.