11.8. Backup and Restore

It is possible to use the vzdump tool for container backup. Please refer to the vzdump manual page for details.

Restoring container backups made with vzdump is possible using the pct restore command. By default, pct restore will attempt to restore as much of the backed up container configuration as possible. It is possible to override the backed up configuration by manually setting container options on the command line (see the pct manual page for details).

There are two basic restore modes, only differing by their handling of mount points: