*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. `--pool` `` :: Backup all known guest systems included in the specified pool. `--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 running 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.