Possible zfs-auto-snapshot replacement - discussing disadvantages?

[sandreas]

Hey there,

I'm not sure if you are aware of it, but with https://github.com/Corsinvest/cv4pve-autosnap there is a tool, that uses the Proxmox API to create zfs snapshots, so they should show up in the web interface.

I would like to know, if it is possible to replace zfs-auto-snapshot with this or provide a choice, which one to use. My experience with Proxmox is not that good, so I would like to discuss possible disadvantages and caveats.

Here is a german tutorial: https://techlr.de/proxmox-automatische-snapshots-einrichten/ Please note the last comment on the page:

In der aktuellen Version (1.13 vom 04. Januar 2022) werden weitere Rechte benötigt: Datastore.Audit und Pool.Allocate. Wenn man das alles in einen Eintrag verpacken will, müssen die Rechte auch direkt für ‚/‘ vergeben werden und nicht für ‚/vms‘.

I would love to hear your opinion on this.

[cpzengel]

cv4pve-autosnap does not scale on a large numer of snapshots and is not comaptible with zfs-backup, so the decicion. snapshots of any tools have the same quality

[sandreas]

@cpzengel Great answer, thank you. If you are looking for inspiration for future optimizations, you could also take a look at https://tteck.github.io/Proxmox/ All scripts are available on https://github.com/tteck/Proxmox

My personal favourites are:

• Proxmox VE 7 Post Install
• Proxmox CPU Scaling Governor
• Proxmox Discord Dark Theme

Maybe you can get something from these :-)