How to transfer a Proxmox virtual machine along with all snapshots?

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Konstantin Salo2015-08-11 02:57:05

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Konstantin Salo, 2015-08-11 02:57:05

It is necessary to transfer the VM from one Proxmox server to another along with all created snapshots by copying, I cannot migrate between nodes.
I tried to just copy the qcow2 file and deploy it to the target server - snapshots are not displayed. I tried to transfer via backup - the log says that snapshots are not included in the backup.

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Di ExTreMe, 2016-02-03
@ExTreMeUA

How did you move the VM images to another server with Proxmox??

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Puma Thailand, 2015-08-11
@opium

What do you do with snapshots? LVM?
I hope you don't confuse backup and live snapshots
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Live_Snapshots

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Konstantin Salo, 2015-08-11
@yadvlz

All manipulations are performed through the web interface. Snapshots - the Snapshots tab, backups - the Backup tab of the virtual machine.

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falinkv, 2021-05-20
@falinkv

Your answer does not answer the question asked. If backups can be transferred by connecting an external drive, or you can mount a network share and simply copy them, then it is not clear with snapshots. With a full backup, they are not transferred, only the hard disk file and the configuration of the machine itself are transferred. But how to transfer them? And via the web, you can only set where to make a backup, and not transfer an existing, previously created one.