*vzdump* `help` *vzdump* `{}` `[OPTIONS]` Create backup. ``: `` :: The ID of the guest system you want to backup. `-all` `` ('default =' `0`):: Backup all known guest systems on this host. `-bwlimit` ` (0 - N)` ('default =' `0`):: Limit I/O bandwidth (KBytes per second). `-compress` `<0 | 1 | gzip | lzo>` ('default =' `0`):: Compress dump file. `-dumpdir` `` :: Store resulting files to specified directory. `-exclude` `` :: Exclude specified guest systems (assumes --all) `-exclude-path` `` :: Exclude certain files/directories (shell globs). `-ionice` ` (0 - 8)` ('default =' `7`):: Set CFQ ionice priority. `-lockwait` ` (0 - N)` ('default =' `180`):: Maximal time to wait for the global lock (minutes). `-mailnotification` `` ('default =' `always`):: Specify when to send an email `-mailto` `` :: Comma-separated list of email addresses that should receive email notifications. `-maxfiles` ` (1 - N)` ('default =' `1`):: Maximal number of backup files per guest system. `-mode` `` ('default =' `snapshot`):: Backup mode. `-node` `` :: Only run if executed on this node. `-pigz` `` ('default =' `0`):: Use pigz instead of gzip when N>0. N=1 uses half of cores, N>1 uses N as thread count. `-quiet` `` ('default =' `0`):: Be quiet. `-remove` `` ('default =' `1`):: Remove old backup files if there are more than 'maxfiles' backup files. `-script` `` :: Use specified hook script. `-size` ` (500 - N)` ('default =' `1024`):: Unused, will be removed in a future release. `-stdexcludes` `` ('default =' `1`):: Exclude temporary files and logs. `-stdout` `` :: Write tar to stdout, not to a file. `-stop` `` ('default =' `0`):: Stop runnig backup jobs on this host. `-stopwait` ` (0 - N)` ('default =' `10`):: Maximal time to wait until a guest system is stopped (minutes). `-storage` `` :: Store resulting file to this storage. `-tmpdir` `` :: Store temporary files to specified directory.