Create backup.
-`<vmid>` `string` ::
+`<vmid>`: `<string>` ::
-The ID of the VM you want to backup.
+The ID of the guest system you want to backup.
-`-all` `boolean` (default=`0`)::
+`-all` `<boolean>` ('default =' `0`)::
-Backup all known VMs on this host.
+Backup all known guest systems on this host.
-`-bwlimit` `integer (0 - N)` (default=`0`)::
+`-bwlimit` `<integer> (0 - N)` ('default =' `0`)::
Limit I/O bandwidth (KBytes per second).
-`-compress` `(0 | 1 | gzip | lzo)` (default=`lzo`)::
+`-compress` `<0 | 1 | gzip | lzo>` ('default =' `0`)::
Compress dump file.
-`-dumpdir` `string` ::
+`-dumpdir` `<string>` ::
Store resulting files to specified directory.
-`-exclude` `string` ::
+`-exclude` `<string>` ::
-exclude specified VMs (assumes --all)
+Exclude specified guest systems (assumes --all)
-`-exclude-path` `string` ::
+`-exclude-path` `<string>` ::
-exclude certain files/directories (shell globs).
+Exclude certain files/directories (shell globs).
-`-ionice` `integer (0 - 8)` (default=`7`)::
+`-ionice` `<integer> (0 - 8)` ('default =' `7`)::
Set CFQ ionice priority.
-`-lockwait` `integer (0 - N)` (default=`180`)::
+`-lockwait` `<integer> (0 - N)` ('default =' `180`)::
Maximal time to wait for the global lock (minutes).
-`-mailnotification` `(always | failure)` (default=`always`)::
+`-mailnotification` `<always | failure>` ('default =' `always`)::
Specify when to send an email
-`-mailto` `string` ::
+`-mailto` `<string>` ::
-no description available
+Comma-separated list of email addresses that should receive email notifications.
-`-maxfiles` `integer (1 - N)` (default=`1`)::
+`-maxfiles` `<integer> (1 - N)` ('default =' `1`)::
-Maximal number of backup files per VM.
+Maximal number of backup files per guest system.
-`-mode` `(snapshot | stop | suspend)` (default=`snapshot`)::
+`-mode` `<snapshot | stop | suspend>` ('default =' `snapshot`)::
Backup mode.
-`-node` `string` ::
+`-node` `<string>` ::
Only run if executed on this node.
-`-pigz` `integer` (default=`0`)::
+`-pigz` `<integer>` ('default =' `0`)::
-Uses pigz instead of gzip when N>0. N=1 uses half of cores, N>1 uses N as
-thread count.
+Use pigz instead of gzip when N>0. N=1 uses half of cores, N>1 uses N as thread count.
-`-quiet` `boolean` (default=`0`)::
+`-quiet` `<boolean>` ('default =' `0`)::
Be quiet.
-`-remove` `boolean` (default=`1`)::
+`-remove` `<boolean>` ('default =' `1`)::
Remove old backup files if there are more than 'maxfiles' backup files.
-`-script` `string` ::
+`-script` `<string>` ::
Use specified hook script.
-`-size` `integer (500 - N)` (default=`1024`)::
+`-size` `<integer> (500 - N)` ('default =' `1024`)::
-LVM snapshot size in MB.
+Unused, will be removed in a future release.
-`-stdexcludes` `boolean` (default=`1`)::
+`-stdexcludes` `<boolean>` ('default =' `1`)::
-Exclude temorary files and logs.
+Exclude temporary files and logs.
-`-stdout` `boolean` ::
+`-stdout` `<boolean>` ::
Write tar to stdout, not to a file.
-`-stop` `boolean` (default=`0`)::
+`-stop` `<boolean>` ('default =' `0`)::
Stop runnig backup jobs on this host.
-`-stopwait` `integer (0 - N)` (default=`10`)::
+`-stopwait` `<integer> (0 - N)` ('default =' `10`)::
-Maximal time to wait until a VM is stopped (minutes).
+Maximal time to wait until a guest system is stopped (minutes).
-`-storage` `string` ::
+`-storage` `<string>` ::
Store resulting file to this storage.
-`-tmpdir` `string` ::
+`-tmpdir` `<string>` ::
Store temporary files to specified directory.