.. _storage_backup:

Backup Storage Pool
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Backups can be stored on any storage pool on a compute node that has backup functionality turned on.

Requirements
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The backup storage pool has to have the following ZFS datasets:

* ``<pool>/backups/ds`` - Location used for dataset backups.
* ``<pool>/backups/file`` - Location used for file backups. It can also be a directory or a NFS/SMB mount point.
* ``<pool>/backups/manifests`` - Location used for storing metadata of virtual machines (VM manifests) along with every backup.

**ZFS dataset creation:**

.. code-block:: bash

    [root@node01 ~] zfs create -o compression=lz4 <pool>/backups/ds
    [root@node01 ~] zfs create -o compression=lz4 <pool>/backups/file
    [root@node01 ~] zfs create -o compression=lz4 <pool>/backups/manifests