In Proxmox, we can schedule automated backup tasks or commit manual backups for each virtual machine. Whether scheduled or manual, the backup process is the same for both KVM and LXC virtual machines. Schedules can be created from the Backup option under the Datacenter tabbed menu. We will see each option box in detail in the following sections. The Backup option shows a list of already created backup schedules, along with options to Add, Remove, and Edit tasks. The schedule dialog box is the same for adding, removing, and editing backup tasks. We can click on Add to open the dialog box, as shown in the following screenshot:

In the preceding screenshot, we created a backup task to perform twice a week for selected virtual machines. The dialog box has several components, which need to be defined in order to schedule a backup task.