vzdump reports error with --exclude-path /mnt/*

[Sasha]

Hi, guys!
I'm really in stuck with command

/usr/bin/vzdump 104 --dumpdir /root/backups --mode snapshot --compress zstd --exclude-path /mnt/*

that leads to error

400 Parameter verification failed.
vmid: invalid format - value does not look like a valid VM ID
vzdump {<vmid>} [OPTIONS]

As i wait --exclude-path /mnt/* should exclude files and direcories behind /mnt/
Would You help me to figure out that?

 

[fweber]

Hi, probably your shell is expanding the /mnt/* pattern, so vzdump sees some extra arguments it doesn't understand and throws the "value does not look like a valid VM ID" error. Putting the /mnt/* into single quotes should prevent the shell from expanding it:

/usr/bin/vzdump [...] --exclude-path '/mnt/*'

Alternatively, you can escape the * with a backslash (/mnt/\*).

 

[Sasha]

Exactly!I do appreciate You for help!