+Backup and Restore
+------------------
+
+
+Container Backup
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+It is possible to use the `vzdump` tool for container backup. Please
+refer to the `vzdump` manual page for details.
+
+
+Restoring Container Backups
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Restoring container backups made with `vzdump` is possible using the
+`pct restore` command. By default, `pct restore` will attempt to restore as much
+of the backed up container configuration as possible. It is possible to override
+the backed up configuration by manually setting container options on the command
+line (see the `pct` manual page for details).
+
+NOTE: `pvesm extractconfig` can be used to view the backed up configuration
+contained in a vzdump archive.
+
+There are two basic restore modes, only differing by their handling of mount
+points:
+
+
+``Simple'' Restore Mode
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If neither the `rootfs` parameter nor any of the optional `mpX` parameters
+are explicitly set, the mount point configuration from the backed up
+configuration file is restored using the following steps:
+
+. Extract mount points and their options from backup
+. Create volumes for storage backed mount points (on storage provided with the
+`storage` parameter, or default local storage if unset)
+. Extract files from backup archive
+. Add bind and device mount points to restored configuration (limited to root user)
+
+NOTE: Since bind and device mount points are never backed up, no files are
+restored in the last step, but only the configuration options. The assumption
+is that such mount points are either backed up with another mechanism (e.g.,
+NFS space that is bind mounted into many containers), or not intended to be
+backed up at all.
+
+This simple mode is also used by the container restore operations in the web
+interface.
+
+
+``Advanced'' Restore Mode
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+By setting the `rootfs` parameter (and optionally, any combination of `mpX`
+parameters), the `pct restore` command is automatically switched into an
+advanced mode. This advanced mode completely ignores the `rootfs` and `mpX`
+configuration options contained in the backup archive, and instead only
+uses the options explicitly provided as parameters.
+
+This mode allows flexible configuration of mount point settings at restore time,
+for example:
+
+* Set target storages, volume sizes and other options for each mount point
+individually
+* Redistribute backed up files according to new mount point scheme
+* Restore to device and/or bind mount points (limited to root user)
+
+
+Managing Containers with `pct`