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category:
  - "[[Note]]"
type:
  - "[[Log]]"
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
	`mkdir -p /var/cache/sanoid /var/run/sanoid`
- 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 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`
- 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`