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NAME
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vzdump - Backup Utility for VMs and Containers
-SYNOPSYS
+SYNOPSIS
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Backups are a requirements for any sensible IT deployment, and {pve}
provides a fully integrated solution, using the capabilities of each
storage and each guest system type. This allows the system
started (resumed) again. This results in minimal downtime, but needs
additional space to hold the container copy.
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-When the container is on a local filesystem and the target storage of
+When the container is on a local file system and the target storage of
the backup is an NFS server, you should set `--tmpdir` to reside on a
-local filesystem too, as this will result in a many fold performance
+local file system too, as this will result in a many fold performance
improvement. Use of a local `tmpdir` is also required if you want to
backup a local container using ACLs in suspend mode if the backup
storage is an NFS server.
supports snapshots. Using the `backup=no` mount point option individual volumes
can be excluded from the backup (and thus this requirement).
-NOTE: bind and device mountpoints are skipped during backup operations, like
-volume mountpoints with the backup option disabled.
+NOTE: bind and device mount points are skipped during backup operations, like
+volume mount points with the backup option disabled.
Backup File Names