tape-job.cfg(5)

TAPE-JOB.CFG(5)

Proxmox Backup

TAPE-JOB.CFG(5)

NAME

tape-job.cfg - Tape Job Configuration

DESCRIPTION

The file /etc/proxmox-backup/tape-job.cfg is a configuration file for Proxmox Backup Server. It contains the tape job configuration.

FILE FORMAT

Each entry starts with the header backup: <name>, followed by the job configuration options.

backup: job1


      drive hh8


      pool p4


      store store3


      schedule daily
backup: ...

You can use the proxmox-tape backup-job command to manipulate this file.

OPTIONS

Required properties:

drive: <string> Drive Identifier.
pool: <string> Media pool name.
store: <string> Datastore name.

Optional properties:

comment: <string> Comment.
schedule: <calendar-event> Run sync job at specified schedule.
eject-media: <boolean> Eject media upon job completion.
export-media-set: <boolean> Export media set upon job completion.
group-filter: [<exclude:|include:>]<type:<vm|ct|host>|group:GROUP|regex:RE> List of group filters. Can be specified more than once.
latest-only: <boolean> Backup latest snapshots only.
max-depth: <integer> (0 - 7) (default=7) How many levels of namespaces should be operated on (0 == no recursion)
notification-mode: legacy-sendmail|notification-system (default=legacy-sendmail) Configure how notifications for this datastore should be sent. legacy- sendmail sends email notifications to the user configured in notify-user via the system's sendmail executable. notification-system emits matchable notification events to the notification system.
notify-user: <string> User ID
ns: <string> Namespace.

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AUTHOR

Proxmox Support Team

COPYRIGHT

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Wednesday, 24 December 2025