Disaster Recovery Skill

Implement and manage disaster recovery and backup strategies for Proxmox.

What this skill does

This skill enables you to:

• Create and manage VM backups
• Create and manage container backups
• Monitor backup status and history
• Track backup storage usage
• Restore VMs from backups
• Restore containers from backups
• Create VM snapshots for recovery
• Create container snapshots for recovery
• Plan backup strategies
• Test disaster recovery procedures
• Generate backup reports
• Manage backup retention policies

When to use this skill

Use this skill when you need to:

• Create backups of VMs and containers
• Restore from backups
• Plan backup strategies
• Monitor backup status
• Test recovery procedures
• Verify backup integrity
• Plan backup retention
• Troubleshoot backup failures
• Generate compliance reports
• Plan for disaster scenarios

Available Tools

• create_vm_backup - Create a backup of a VM
• create_container_backup - Create a backup of a container
• restore_vm_backup - Restore a VM from backup
• restore_container_backup - Restore a container from backup
• create_vm_snapshot - Create VM snapshot for recovery
• restore_vm_snapshot - Restore from VM snapshot
• create_container_snapshot - Create container snapshot
• restore_container_snapshot - Restore from container snapshot
• delete_backup - Delete a backup file

Typical Workflows

Backup Creation & Management

1. Create backups of critical VMs and containers
2. Monitor backup completion and status
3. Verify backup storage allocation
4. Manage backup retention policies
5. Clean up old backups

Disaster Recovery Testing

1. Create test backups of critical systems
2. Use snapshots for point-in-time recovery
3. Restore to test environment
4. Verify functionality and data integrity
5. Document recovery procedures

Recovery Operations

1. Identify failed VM/container
2. Locate appropriate backup
3. Use restore_vm_backup or restore_container_backup
4. Verify restored system functionality
5. Complete recovery procedures

Backup Monitoring

1. Monitor backup schedule compliance
2. Track backup storage usage
3. Monitor backup success/failure rates
4. Identify backup issues early
5. Generate audit reports

Example Questions

• "Create a backup of VM 100 to storage"
• "What's the status of recent backups?"
• "Restore VM 200 from the backup created yesterday"
• "Show me all available backups and their sizes"
• "Create a snapshot of container 101 before updates"
• "How much storage is used for backups?"
• "Generate a disaster recovery test report"

Response Format

When using this skill, I provide:

• Backup creation confirmations
• Backup listings with dates and sizes
• Restore operation status
• Backup storage usage analysis
• Recovery procedure documentation
• Compliance and audit reports

Best Practices

• Implement 3-2-1 backup rule (3 copies, 2 media types, 1 offsite)
• Backup critical systems regularly
• Test restore procedures regularly
• Monitor backup success rates
• Implement backup retention policies
• Encrypt backups for security
• Store backups off-site
• Document recovery procedures
• Verify backup integrity
• Monitor backup storage capacity
• Automate backup schedules
• Test recovery before disaster strikes
• Keep backup inventories current
• Monitor backup performance
• Plan for recovery time objectives (RTO)
• Plan for recovery point objectives (RPO)