pve-docs/vzdump.1-synopsis.adoc

*vzdump* `help`

*vzdump* `{<vmid>}` `[OPTIONS]`

Create backup.

`<vmid>`: `<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.