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1*vzdump* `help`
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3*vzdump* `{<vmid>}` `[OPTIONS]`
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5Create backup.
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7`<vmid>` `string` ::
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9The ID of the VM you want to backup.
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11`-all` `boolean` (default=`0`)::
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13Backup all known VMs on this host.
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9b3e4991 15`-bwlimit` `integer (0 - N)` (default=`0`)::
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17Limit I/O bandwidth (KBytes per second).
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19`-compress` `(0 | 1 | gzip | lzo)` (default=`lzo`)::
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21Compress dump file.
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23`-dumpdir` `string` ::
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25Store resulting files to specified directory.
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27`-exclude` `string` ::
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29exclude specified VMs (assumes --all)
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31`-exclude-path` `string` ::
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33exclude certain files/directories (shell globs).
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9b3e4991 35`-ionice` `integer (0 - 8)` (default=`7`)::
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37Set CFQ ionice priority.
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9b3e4991 39`-lockwait` `integer (0 - N)` (default=`180`)::
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41Maximal time to wait for the global lock (minutes).
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43`-mailnotification` `(always | failure)` (default=`always`)::
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45Specify when to send an email
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47`-mailto` `string` ::
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49no description available
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9b3e4991 51`-maxfiles` `integer (1 - N)` (default=`1`)::
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53Maximal number of backup files per VM.
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9b3e4991 55`-mode` `(snapshot | stop | suspend)` (default=`snapshot`)::
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57Backup mode.
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59`-node` `string` ::
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61Only run if executed on this node.
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63`-pigz` `integer` (default=`0`)::
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65Uses pigz instead of gzip when N>0. N=1 uses half of cores, N>1 uses N as
66thread count.
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68`-quiet` `boolean` (default=`0`)::
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70Be quiet.
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72`-remove` `boolean` (default=`1`)::
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74Remove old backup files if there are more than 'maxfiles' backup files.
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76`-script` `string` ::
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78Use specified hook script.
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9b3e4991 80`-size` `integer (500 - N)` (default=`1024`)::
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82LVM snapshot size in MB.
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84`-stdexcludes` `boolean` (default=`1`)::
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86Exclude temorary files and logs.
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88`-stdout` `boolean` ::
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90Write tar to stdout, not to a file.
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92`-stop` `boolean` (default=`0`)::
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94Stop runnig backup jobs on this host.
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9b3e4991 96`-stopwait` `integer (0 - N)` (default=`10`)::
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98Maximal time to wait until a VM is stopped (minutes).
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100`-storage` `string` ::
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102Store resulting file to this storage.
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104`-tmpdir` `string` ::
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106Store temporary files to specified directory.
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