vzdump

Creates backups of VMs and LXC containers.

Proxmox

Verified: 2026-02-09

Syntax

$vzdump [VMID|CTID|--all] [OPTIONEN]

Optionen

--mode snapshot|suspend|stop Backup-Modus

--storage NAME Ziel-Storage

--compress zstd|lzo|gzip Kompression

Examples

$vzdump 100 --mode snapshot --storage backup

$vzdump 200 --compress zstd

$vzdump --all --mode snapshot

Typical use cases

Standard usage

vzdump --help

Note Kernel command for local Proxmox backups (PBS optionally additional).

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