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_Inbox/Sanoid and Syncoid Setup.md

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 category:
-  - "[[Journal]]"
   - "[[Note]]"
 type:
   - "[[Log]]"
-title: " Setting up Sanoid Syncoid on Proxmox"
+title: " Sanoid and Syncoid Setup"
 created: 2026-05-12T21:09:25
 date: 2026-05-12
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+I've set this up on on a [[Proxmox]] backup machine, it creates the zfs snapshots on the remote machine and them pulls them into it;s own zfs pool.
+
+### the setup
+
 - install sanoid on backup and source host (not strictly required on both, but sanoid uses tools on both machine for fast and reliable connection)
 	`apt install sanoid`
 - if you don't run sanoid on one machine, ensure the following folders are created on it
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 - use root accounts for ssh connections, the zfs commands need root access (tried to get it to work without and it was turtles all the way down)
 - add conf files from github to
 	`/etc/sanoid/` and setup
-- run backup
+- run manual backup (add `--debug` flag for more info)
 	`syncoid -r --use-hold --preserve-recordsize --preserve-properties root@192.168.1.43:noggapool/music stanleypool/music`
-
-	additionally a `--debug` flag can be added to the above to see what's happening
+- config files are found here:
+	`/etc/sanoid/sanoid.conf`
+	`/etc/sanoid/sanoid.defaults.conf`
+	`/usr/local/bin/zfs-nightly-backup.sh`
+- setup the cron job
+	`crontab -e`
+	`0 3 * * * /usr/local/bin/zfs-nightly-backup.sh > /var/log/zfs-backup.log 2>&1`
+