vzdump --node purpose

[cks]

Hello,

I wonder what is the vzdump --node option purpose ?

I see several examples but it is hard to find a doc since it isn't in man, and the forum search tool remove double dash before keyword (so a search give me hundreds of irrelevant answers because it search for "node" instead of "--node")

I'm looking for a way to backup a KVM VM from another node, and hope that this option is what i'm looking for

Thx.

 

[tom]

vzdump needs to run on the host where the VM is located - behavior by design. just create a backup job on the GUI for the node and the VM.

 

[cks]

Thanks tom.

I just wanted to not reinventing the wheel if the feature already exists in vzdump, but for sure I can script a local backup followed by rsync to other node

Regards.