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---
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layout: doc
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title: qvm-backup
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permalink: /doc/tools/3.2/dom0/qvm-backup/
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redirect_from:
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- /doc/dom0-tools/qvm-backup/
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- /en/doc/dom0-tools/qvm-backup/
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- /doc/Dom0Tools/QvmBackup/
- /wiki/Dom0Tools/QvmBackup/
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---
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```
==========
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qvm-backup
==========
NAME
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====
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qvm-backup
SYNOPSIS
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========
| qvm-backup [options] < backup-dir-path > [vms-to-be-included ...]
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OPTIONS
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-h, --help
Show this help message and exit
-x EXCLUDE_LIST, --exclude=EXCLUDE_LIST
Exclude the specified VM from backup (might be repeated)
--force-root
Force to run with root privileges
-d, --dest-vm
Specify the destination VM to which the backup will be set (implies -e)
-e, --encrypt
Encrypt the backup
--no-encrypt
Skip encryption even if sending the backup to a VM
-p, --passphrase-file
Read passphrase from a file, or use '-' to read from stdin
-E, --enc-algo
Specify a non-default encryption algorithm. For a list of supported algorithms, execute 'openssl list-cipher-algorithms' (implies -e)
-H, --hmac-algo
Specify a non-default HMAC algorithm. For a list of supported algorithms, execute 'openssl list-message-digest-algorithms'
-z, --compress
Compress the backup
-Z, --compress-filter
Specify a non-default compression filter program (default: gzip)
--tmpdir
Specify a temporary directory (if you have at least 1GB free RAM in dom0, use of /tmp is advised) (default: /var/tmp)
--debug
Enable (a lot of) debug output
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AUTHORS
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| Joanna Rutkowska < joanna at invisiblethingslab dot com >
| Rafal Wojtczuk < rafal at invisiblethingslab dot com >
| Marek Marczykowski < marmarek at invisiblethingslab dot com >
```
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