3 *vzdump* `{<vmid>}` `[OPTIONS]`
9 The ID of the guest system you want to backup.
11 `-all` `boolean` (default=`0`)::
13 Backup all known guest systems 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=`0`)::
23 `-dumpdir` `string` ::
25 Store resulting files to specified directory.
27 `-exclude` `string` ::
29 Exclude specified guest systems (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 Comma-separated list of email addresses that should receive email notifications.
51 `-maxfiles` `integer (1 - N)` (default=`1`)::
53 Maximal number of backup files per guest system.
55 `-mode` `(snapshot | stop | suspend)` (default=`snapshot`)::
61 Only run if executed on this node.
63 `-pigz` `integer` (default=`0`)::
65 Use pigz instead of gzip when N>0. N=1 uses half of cores, N>1 uses N as thread count.
67 `-quiet` `boolean` (default=`0`)::
71 `-remove` `boolean` (default=`1`)::
73 Remove old backup files if there are more than 'maxfiles' backup files.
77 Use specified hook script.
79 `-size` `integer (500 - N)` (default=`1024`)::
81 Unused, will be removed in a future release.
83 `-stdexcludes` `boolean` (default=`1`)::
85 Exclude temporary files and logs.
87 `-stdout` `boolean` ::
89 Write tar to stdout, not to a file.
91 `-stop` `boolean` (default=`0`)::
93 Stop runnig backup jobs on this host.
95 `-stopwait` `integer (0 - N)` (default=`10`)::
97 Maximal time to wait until a guest system is stopped (minutes).
99 `-storage` `string` ::
101 Store resulting file to this storage.
103 `-tmpdir` `string` ::
105 Store temporary files to specified directory.