Fixed some typos and slight language improvements

[pve-docs.git] / vzdump.1-synopsis.adoc

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 Create backup.
 
-`<vmid>` `string` ::
+`<vmid>`: `<string>` ::
 
-The ID of the VM you want to backup.
+The ID of the guest system you want to backup.
 
-`-all` `boolean` (default=`0`)::
+`--all` `<boolean>` ('default =' `0`)::
 
-Backup all known VMs on this host.
+Backup all known guest systems on this host.
 
-`-bwlimit` `integer (0 - N)` (default=`0`)::
+`--bwlimit` `<integer> (0 - N)` ('default =' `0`)::
 
 Limit I/O bandwidth (KBytes per second).
 
-`-compress` `(0 | 1 | gzip | lzo)` (default=`lzo`)::
+`--compress` `<0 | 1 | gzip | lzo>` ('default =' `0`)::
 
 Compress dump file.
 
-`-dumpdir` `string` ::
+`--dumpdir` `<string>` ::
 
 Store resulting files to specified directory.
 
-`-exclude` `string` ::
+`--exclude` `<string>` ::
 
-exclude specified VMs (assumes --all)
+Exclude specified guest systems (assumes --all)
 
-`-exclude-path` `string` ::
+`--exclude-path` `<string>` ::
 
-exclude certain files/directories (shell globs).
+Exclude certain files/directories (shell globs).
 
-`-ionice` `integer (0 - 8)` (default=`7`)::
+`--ionice` `<integer> (0 - 8)` ('default =' `7`)::
 
 Set CFQ ionice priority.
 
-`-lockwait` `integer (0 - N)` (default=`180`)::
+`--lockwait` `<integer> (0 - N)` ('default =' `180`)::
 
 Maximal time to wait for the global lock (minutes).
 
-`-mailnotification` `(always | failure)` (default=`always`)::
+`--mailnotification` `<always | failure>` ('default =' `always`)::
 
 Specify when to send an email
 
-`-mailto` `string` ::
+`--mailto` `<string>` ::
 
-no description available
+Comma-separated list of email addresses that should receive email notifications.
 
-`-maxfiles` `integer (1 - N)` (default=`1`)::
+`--maxfiles` `<integer> (1 - N)` ('default =' `1`)::
 
-Maximal number of backup files per VM.
+Maximal number of backup files per guest system.
 
-`-mode` `(snapshot | stop | suspend)` (default=`snapshot`)::
+`--mode` `<snapshot | stop | suspend>` ('default =' `snapshot`)::
 
 Backup mode.
 
-`-node` `string` ::
+`--node` `<string>` ::
 
 Only run if executed on this node.
 
-`-pigz` `integer` (default=`0`)::
+`--pigz` `<integer>` ('default =' `0`)::
 
-Uses pigz instead of gzip when N>0. N=1 uses half of cores, N>1 uses N as
-thread count.
+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`)::
+`--quiet` `<boolean>` ('default =' `0`)::
 
 Be quiet.
 
-`-remove` `boolean` (default=`1`)::
+`--remove` `<boolean>` ('default =' `1`)::
 
 Remove old backup files if there are more than 'maxfiles' backup files.
 
-`-script` `string` ::
+`--script` `<string>` ::
 
 Use specified hook script.
 
-`-size` `integer (500 - N)` (default=`1024`)::
+`--size` `<integer> (500 - N)` ('default =' `1024`)::
 
-LVM snapshot size in MB.
+Unused, will be removed in a future release.
 
-`-stdexcludes` `boolean` (default=`1`)::
+`--stdexcludes` `<boolean>` ('default =' `1`)::
 
-Exclude temorary files and logs.
+Exclude temporary files and logs.
 
-`-stdout` `boolean` ::
+`--stdout` `<boolean>` ::
 
 Write tar to stdout, not to a file.
 
-`-stop` `boolean` (default=`0`)::
+`--stop` `<boolean>` ('default =' `0`)::
 
 Stop runnig backup jobs on this host.
 
-`-stopwait` `integer (0 - N)` (default=`10`)::
+`--stopwait` `<integer> (0 - N)` ('default =' `10`)::
 
-Maximal time to wait until a VM is stopped (minutes).
+Maximal time to wait until a guest system is stopped (minutes).
 
-`-storage` `string` ::
+`--storage` `<string>` ::
 
 Store resulting file to this storage.
 
-`-tmpdir` `string` ::
+`--tmpdir` `<string>` ::
 
 Store temporary files to specified directory.