fix 3372: fix typos, and impove pve-gui docs

[pve-docs.git] / vzdump.adoc

diff --git a/vzdump.adoc b/vzdump.adoc
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--- a/vzdump.adoc
+++ b/vzdump.adoc
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ compression algorithm has been used to create the backup.
 If the backup file name doesn't end with one of the above file extensions, then
 it was not compressed by vzdump.
 
+Backup Encryption
+-----------------
+
+For Proxmox Backup Server storages, you can optionally set up client-side
+encryption of backups, see xref:storage_pbs_encryption[the corresponding section.]
 
 [[vzdump_retention]]
 Backup Retention
@@ -233,6 +238,14 @@ NOTE: The old `maxfiles` option is deprecated and should be replaced either by
 `keep-last` or, in case `maxfiles` was `0` for unlimited retention, by
 `keep-all`.
 
+
+Prune Simulator
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+You can use the  https://pbs.proxmox.com/docs/prune-simulator[prune simulator
+of the Proxmox Backup Server documentation] to explore the effect of different
+retention options with various backup schedules.
+
 Retention Settings Example
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -376,7 +389,16 @@ You can also manually specify (additional) exclude paths, for example:
 
  # vzdump 777 --exclude-path /tmp/ --exclude-path '/var/foo*'
 
-(only excludes tmp directories)
+excludes the directory `/tmp/` and any file or directory named `/var/foo`,
+`/var/foobar`, and so on.
+
+Paths that do not start with a `/` are not anchored to the container's root,
+but will match relative to any subdirectory. For example:
+
+ # vzdump 777 --exclude-path bar
+
+excludes any file or directoy named `/bar`, `/var/bar`, `/var/foo/bar`, and
+so on, but not `/bar2`.
 
 Configuration files are also stored inside the backup archive
 (in `./etc/vzdump/`) and will be correctly restored.