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=notification-system)): 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.
worker-threads (<integer> (1 - 32) (default=1)): The number of threads to use for the tape backup job.

COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER

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Author

Proxmox Support Team

Copyright

2019-2025, Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH

Thursday, 21 May 2026