Backups

What to back up and when.

What to back up

• Ollama data: /var/lib/docker/volumes/ollama-data (or the named volume used by the ollama service)
• Training datasets: NFS share used for datasets
• LoRA adapter checkpoints: adapter output directories (e.g. under /datasets/adapters or equivalent)
• Proxmox VMs: snapshot VMs before major upgrades

Before major upgrades

• Snapshot Proxmox VMs
• Optionally export critical datasets and adapter paths to a separate backup location

Before teardown

1. Stop Docker services
2. Snapshot VMs
3. Back up:
   • Datasets
   • LoRA adapters
   • Docker volumes (including ollama-data)

flowchart LR
    A[Ollama volume] --> Backup[Backup destination]
    B[Datasets / NFS] --> Backup
    C[LoRA adapters] --> Backup
    D[VM snapshots] --> Backup