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