Backup your Homelab with Xen Orchestra explained

A video about the possible backups that can be made with Xen Orchestra CE for XCP-ng hosts. I go over all the types of backups and the scheduling of the backup jobs. It is rather long but there are chapters if you ar showing interest in only a section. Enjoy !!!!

▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

00:00 - Intro

00:12 - Overview HomeLab

01:00 - References used

01:35 - Main Topics

02:08 - Rolling Snapshots

18:45 - External Storage for the Backups

21:14 - Remotes in Xen Orchestra

23:17 - Full Backup

31:40 - Delta Backup

39:44 - File Level Restore

42:49 - Backup Metadata

46:12 - Virtual Machine Restore

48:52 - External Storage Backup Files

51:46 - Subscribe!!!

Link to the XCP-ng documentation https://xcp-ng.org/docs/guests.html

Link to backup XCP-ng documentation https://xcp-ng.org/docs/backup.html#xen-orchestra

Link to backup XO documentation https://xen-orchestra.com/docs/backup.html

Link to XCP-ng playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJQANFmtbDeYORouS5NgKehCCkex2V14L

Link to TrueNAS playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJQANFmtbDea5xto8TwBHcTBoqou7L3eF

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