Home Lab Backup and Restore Validation
Date: 2026-06-29T18:21:57-05:00

VM state:
      VMID NAME                 STATUS     MEM(MB)    BOOTDISK(GB) PID       
       100 pfsense-fw           running    4096              32.00 2169124   
       200 dc01                 running    4096              80.00 1716607   
       300 ws01                 running    4096              80.00 1759670   
       400 linux01              running    2048              40.00 2586      

Backup job:
vzdump: backup-critical-lab-vms
	compress zstd
	enabled 1
	mode snapshot
	notes-template {{guestname}} backup to internal backup-hdd
	prune-backups keep-last=4
	schedule sun 02:00
	storage backup-hdd
	vmid 100,200,300,400


Backup counts:
VM 100: 4
VM 200: 4
VM 300: 4
VM 400: 4

Storage:
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb1       916G  127G  743G  15% /mnt/pve/backup-hdd

Restore drill:
VM 400 backup restored to temporary VM 401
Temporary VM network isolated before boot
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS boot and QEMU Guest Agent validated
Temporary VM 401 shut down and purged successfully