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27.9.2 Data backup with vzdump

The data backup can also be executed using the console. For this, use vzdump. With vzdump you will receive an overview of all commands.

 vzdump
Use of uninitialized value $opt_keepbackup in numeric eq (==) at /usr/sbin/vzdump line 891.
usage: /usr/sbin/vzdump OPTIONS [--all | VPSID]

        --exclude VPSID         exclude VPSID (assumes --all)
        --exclude-path REGEX    exclude certain files/directories
        --stdexcludes           exclude temorary files and logs

        --compress              compress dump file (gzip)
        --dumpdir DIR           store resulting files in DIR
        --extdev DEVICE         device to mount for backup
        --keepbackup N          keep old backups (1-x)
        --tmpdir DIR            store temporary files in DIR

        --mailto EMAIL          send notification mail to EMAIL.
        --quiet                 be quiet.
        --stop                  stop/start VPS if running
        --suspend               suspend/resume VPS when running
        --snapshot              use LVM snapshot when running
        --size MB               LVM snapshot size

        --node CID              only run on pve cluster node CID
        --lockwait MINUTES      maximal time to wait for the global lock
        --stopwait MINUTES      maximal time to wait until a VM is stopped
        --bwlimit KBPS          limit I/O bandwidth; KBytes per second

        --restore FILENAME      restore FILENAME