BACKUP SOLUTION

Backup and Restore Your
Proxmox Virtual Machines

Protect your Proxmox Virtual Environments.
Fast, secure, and easy to restore data for disaster recovery!

Try Comet for Free What is Comet?

What’s included in a Proxmox VE Backup?

  • The configuration file
  • All attached virtual drives
  • And more!

Reduce backup time
with CBT

Remotely browse
and select VMs
from the web

Minimize storage costs
with deduplication

Key Features to Protect your Proxmox Virtual Machines

Backup Features

Backup Features

  • Select and backup all or individual virtual machines
  • Support for Changed Block Tracking (CBT) backup for significantly improved performance
  • Install the Comet agent anywhere, either on the Proxmox host or externally
  • Deduplication of data for fast and bandwidth-efficient backups
  • Flexible scheduling options for automated backups with retention policies
  • Receive email notifications for backup success, failure, or warnings
Restore Features

Restore Features

  • Restore to a local machine, a virtual machine, or to a cloud storage provider of your choice
  • Restore to the same, similar, or different hardware
  • Restore files to the same device or to a different device
  • Search for a specific item to restore across all previous backup jobs
  • Restore individual or multiple items
  • Granular restore of individual files from within the VM disk image
Management Features

Management Features

  • Secure, military-grade encryption during backup, transit and at rest
  • Live connection between Comet Management Console and the Comet Backup client to remotely browse and select virtual machines for backup
  • Flexible backup scheduling
  • Backup and restore job logs and custom email reporting
  • Select from a range of customizable retention policies
  • HIPAA and GDPR compliant

Centralized Management with Comet’s Intuitive User Interface

Your virtual environment's data is secure, easily discoverable and always accessible!

  • The Comet Core web interface

  • Comet's Proxmox backup connects over SSH

  • Supports Changed Block Tracking (CBT) for faster backups

  • Supports multiple restore options, including granular file restore

Frequently Asked Questions about Proxmox VE Backup

What are the requirements to run a Proxmox backup?

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The Comet Backup agent must be running on the same network as the target Proxmox Cluster, and the Proxmox Cluster version must be Proxmox VE 8.x or higher.

Is Changed Block Tracking (CBT) supported?

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Yes, Changed Block Tracking can be used as a Proxmox backup type to read only blocks that have changed since the last successful backup. Additionally, unallocated disk areas are skipped to further improve the backup performance.

Is Comet able to deduplicate multiple VM images together?

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Yes, Comet is able to deduplicate multiple VM images together if you back up these VMs to the same Storage Vault. Comet also uses its chunking algorithm to deduplicate different snapshots of the same VM taken at different times, resulting in highly efficient storage use.

What restore options are available for a Proxmox backup?

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There are several restore options available. You can restore to directly to Proxmox, Hyper-V, or VMware, or perform granular restores of files and/or folders, or restore the disk image file in .img format.

How does pricing work for Proxmox?

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You can choose to protect several or all virtual machines in a Proxmox cluster. The price caps up to a certain number of virtual machines per host. For details on our Proxmox pricing, please visit our pricing page (link https://cometbackup.com/pricing).