Backing up through the command line

VZdump is used to backup both KVM-based virtual machines and OpenVZ containers. In Proxmox, a backup can also be performed through the command line.

How to do it...

Data can be backed up in Proxmox using the following command:

# vzdump <vmid> [options] [options] ..

VZdump has a wide range of options that can be used to perform a backup task. Here are just some of the most commonly used options:

Option	Function
-all	This option will backup all VMs in a Proxmox node. The default is set as 0.
-bwlimit	This is to adjust the backup bandwidth in KBPS.
-mailto	This is the e-mail address to send backup logs to.
-maxfiles	This value is to set the maximum number of backup files to keep.
-mode	This is set as the backup mode. Available options are snapshot, stop, and suspend. The default is stop.
-compress	This is a set compression method. Available options are LZO and Gzip.
-remove	This is to remove older backups if more than the...