HowTo: Proxmox Backup Server – Prometheus Exporter and Grafana Dashboard
(2025-03-14):Proxmox Backup Server is an essential tool for anyone running Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) or managing backups efficiently in a virtualized setup. It provides a high-performance and deduplication-enabled backup solution that ensures data protection while keeping storage demands in check. But like any critical infrastructure component, monitoring its performance and status is key to ensuring smooth operations and quick troubleshooting. This is where integrating metrics into a single solution, like a Prometheus and Grafana setup, becomes invaluable. Instead of manually checking logs or relying on periodic status reports, a well-integrated monitoring system provides real-time insights into the health and performance of the backup server. With Prometheus scraping metrics and Grafana visualizing them in intuitive dashboards, administrators gain a clear view of key indicators such as backup job status, storage utilization, performance bottlenecks, and potential failures. This proactive approach helps to detect issues before they escalate and ensures that backups are .... [read more]