To back up files straight from your VM to your local computer without involving the Proxmox interface, you can push the data over the network using native Linux tools.
I. Using
rsync (https://rsync.samba.org/)- Open a terminal on your local laptop.
- Run the following command to pull files directly from the Ubuntu VM: rsync -avz --progress <username>@<ubuntu-vm-ip>:/path/to/source/folder/ /path/to/local/destination/