pvenode/wake-on-lan: mention defaults

[pve-docs.git] / vzdump.adoc

diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc
index f3eadcdd14e571ef4bd974d2cda1662934ee70ee..b5bbac73e32916fcd7243c8825d07ac02740d3ef 100644 (file)
--- a/vzdump.adoc
+++ b/vzdump.adoc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ of the backups and downtime of the guest system.
 
 {pve} backups are always full backups - containing the VM/CT
 configuration and all data.  Backups can be started via the GUI or via
-the `vzdump` command line tool.
+the `vzdump` command-line tool.
 
 .Backup Storage
 
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ There are a few settings for tuning backup performance not exposed in the UI.
 The most notable is `bwlimit` for limiting IO bandwidth. The amount of threads
 used for the compressor can be controlled with the `pigz` (replacing `gzip`),
 respectively, `zstd` setting. Furthermore, there are `ionice` and, as part of
-the `performance` setting, `max-workers` (affects VM backups only). See the
+the `performance` setting, `max-workers` (affects VM backups only) and
+`pbs-entries-max` (affects container backups only). See the
 xref:vzdump_configuration[configuration options] for details.
 
 [[vzdump_retention]]
@@ -469,6 +470,11 @@ downloaded from such an archive is inherently safe, but it avoids exposing the
 hypervisor system to danger. The VM will stop itself after a timeout. This
 entire process happens transparently from a user's point of view.
 
+NOTE: For troubleshooting purposes, each temporary VM instance generates a log
+file in `/var/log/proxmox-backup/file-restore/`. The log file might contain
+additional information in case an attempt to restore individual files or
+accessing file systems contained in a backup archive fails.
+
 [[vzdump_configuration]]
 Configuration
 -------------
@@ -549,6 +555,9 @@ Use rsync and suspend/resume to create a snapshot (minimal downtime).
  # vzdump 777 --mode suspend
 
 Backup all guest systems and send notification mails to root and admin.
+Due to `mailto` being set and `notification-mode` being set to `auto` by
+default, the notification mails are sent via the system's `sendmail`
+command instead of the notification system.
 
  # vzdump --all --mode suspend --mailto root --mailto admin
 
@@ -581,4 +590,3 @@ file system, using pipes
 ifdef::manvolnum[]
 include::pve-copyright.adoc[]
 endif::manvolnum[]
-