{
  "id": 13276730,
  "title": "Your Proxmox backup job probably skips the guests you built after you made it. Here's the 3-2-1 setup that doesn't",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/your-proxmox-backup-job-probably-skips-the-guests-you-built-after-you",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-10T00:47:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/charleshartmann/your-proxmox-backup-job-probably-skips-the-guests-you-built-after-you-made-it-heres-the-3-2-1-noc"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Proxmox backup job may unintentionally exclude recently created VMs. This issue was discovered by the author after years of running a Proxmox homelab with a backup job that reported success daily. The job was in fact protecting the wrong data. The author now uses a different backup setup with OPNsense and Home Assistant on their Proxmox cluster. The setup includes vzdump, Proxmox Backup Server, rclone, and proper monitoring to ensure backups are always successful.",
  "summary": "I ran a Proxmox homelab for years with a backup job that reported success every night. It had been created for \"selected VMs\" and every guest I built after that was simply not in the list. The job was fine. It was protecting the wrong things. This is the setup I run now for a home Proxmox cluster with OPNsense and Home Assistant on it. Nothing exotic: vzdump, Proxmox Backup Server, rclone, and a…",
  "key_points": [
    "Proxmox backup job may skip newly created VMs",
    "Author discovered issue after years of Proxmox homelab",
    "New setup uses OPNsense, Home Assistant, vzdump, rclone"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Switching to a 3-2-1 backup setup with multiple components ensures reliable protection of Proxmox data, avoiding the issue of unintentionally excluding recently created virtual machines.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}