3 *vzdump* `{<vmid>}` `[OPTIONS]`
9 The ID of the VM you want to backup.
11 `-all` `boolean` (default=`0`)::
13 Backup all known VMs on this host.
15 `-bwlimit` `integer (0 - N)` (default=`0`)::
17 Limit I/O bandwidth (KBytes per second).
19 `-compress` `(0 | 1 | gzip | lzo)` (default=`lzo`)::
23 `-dumpdir` `string` ::
25 Store resulting files to specified directory.
27 `-exclude` `string` ::
29 exclude specified VMs (assumes --all)
31 `-exclude-path` `string` ::
33 exclude certain files/directories (shell globs).
35 `-ionice` `integer (0 - 8)` (default=`7`)::
37 Set CFQ ionice priority.
39 `-lockwait` `integer (0 - N)` (default=`180`)::
41 Maximal time to wait for the global lock (minutes).
43 `-mailnotification` `(always | failure)` (default=`always`)::
45 Specify when to send an email
49 no description available
51 `-maxfiles` `integer (1 - N)` (default=`1`)::
53 Maximal number of backup files per VM.
55 `-mode` `(snapshot | stop | suspend)` (default=`snapshot`)::
61 Only run if executed on this node.
63 `-pigz` `integer` (default=`0`)::
65 Uses pigz instead of gzip when N>0. N=1 uses half of cores, N>1 uses N as
68 `-quiet` `boolean` (default=`0`)::
72 `-remove` `boolean` (default=`1`)::
74 Remove old backup files if there are more than 'maxfiles' backup files.
78 Use specified hook script.
80 `-size` `integer (500 - N)` (default=`1024`)::
82 LVM snapshot size in MB.
84 `-stdexcludes` `boolean` (default=`1`)::
86 Exclude temorary files and logs.
88 `-stdout` `boolean` ::
90 Write tar to stdout, not to a file.
92 `-stop` `boolean` (default=`0`)::
94 Stop runnig backup jobs on this host.
96 `-stopwait` `integer (0 - N)` (default=`10`)::
98 Maximal time to wait until a VM is stopped (minutes).
100 `-storage` `string` ::
102 Store resulting file to this storage.
104 `-tmpdir` `string` ::
106 Store temporary files to specified directory.