16.9. File Exclusions

Note

this option is only available for container backups.

vzdump skips the following files by default (disable with the option --stdexcludes 0)

/tmp/?*
/var/tmp/?*
/var/run/?*pid

You can also manually specify (additional) exclude paths, for example:

# vzdump 777 --exclude-path /tmp/ --exclude-path '/var/foo*'

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 directory 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.