`<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`)::
-Backup all known VMs on this host.
+Backup all known guest systems on this host.
-`-bwlimit` `integer (0 - N)` ::
+`-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.
`-exclude` `string` ::
-exclude specified VMs (assumes --all)
+Exclude specified guest systems (assumes --all)
`-exclude-path` `string` ::
-exclude certain files/directories (shell globs).
+Exclude certain files/directories (shell globs).
-`-ionice` `integer (0 - 8)` ::
+`-ionice` `integer (0 - 8)` (default=`7`)::
Set CFQ ionice priority.
-`-lockwait` `integer (0 - N)` ::
+`-lockwait` `integer (0 - N)` (default=`180`)::
Maximal time to wait for the global lock (minutes).
`-mailto` `string` ::
-no description available
+Comma-separated list of email addresses that should receive email notifications.
-`-maxfiles` `integer (1 - N)` ::
+`-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=`stop`)::
+`-mode` `(snapshot | stop | suspend)` (default=`snapshot`)::
Backup mode.
`-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`)::
Use specified hook script.
-`-size` `integer (500 - N)` ::
+`-size` `integer (500 - N)` (default=`1024`)::
-LVM snapshot size in MB.
+Unused, will be removed in a future release.
`-stdexcludes` `boolean` (default=`1`)::
-Exclude temorary files and logs.
+Exclude temporary files and logs.
`-stdout` `boolean` ::
Stop runnig backup jobs on this host.
-`-stopwait` `integer (0 - N)` ::
+`-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` ::