Proxmox Backup Server 3-2-1: PBS-to-PBS Pull Sync (2026)

Your USB backup from Part 1 sits in the same room as the primary — if the host dies, both go down together. In this video we add a second Proxmox Backup Server that pulls backups from the primary over the network. Everything is configured in the web UI with no command line. Then we destroy a real container and its backups and recover everything from the second PBS. Full written tutorial with screenshots: https://www.localhake.com/content/pbs-321-part-2-pbs-to-pbs-pull-sync Recommended Gear Some links are affiliate links — I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Seagate Portable 2TB External Hard Drive: https://amzn.to/4tGIlyE SanDisk 256GB Ultra USB 3.0 Flash Drive: https://amzn.to/4sqylZ6 Chapters 0:00 Intro - 3-2-1 Architecture Overview 1:29 Why Pull Sync, Not Push 1:49 Setting Up the Secondary PBS 2:49 Create the synced-backups Datastore 3:15 Create an API Token on the Primary 4:18 Grant DatastoreReader Permission 5:05 Get the Primary's Fingerprint 5:43 Configure the Remote on the Secondary 6:42 Create the Pull Sync Job 7:22 Run the First Sync 8:11 Disaster Recovery Demo 11:37 Reverse Sync Recovery 13:06 Restore and Verify PBS 3-2-1 Backup Strategy Series Part 1: USB Removable Datastore Part 2: PBS-to-PBS Pull Sync (this video) Part 3: Cloudflare R2 Offsite Cloud Backup (coming soon) #proxmox #homelab #backups #pbs #321backup