November 2017
Intermediate to advanced
494 pages
14h 29m
English
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Show VM configuration from backup
Show Configuration is a new feature added from Proxmox 5.0. Previously, we could not see the configuration of a VM that was backed up without restoring it completely. This is useful when the VM does not exist any more and only a backup is available. The option is under the Backup menu, named Show Configuration, as shown in the following screenshot:
To view the configuration, select a backup file, then click on Show Configuration. This will open a dialog box with the full configuration of the VM this backup file belongs to. The following screenshot shows the configuration of the VM #101: