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'''(not fixed in 1.12-24)'''The rsync command used by vzdump to create the backup in suspend mode does not support partially ignores the "--exclude-path" option.So rsync backup In fact, even if the excluded paths won't appear in the final output, the whole VE VPS will be moved to the temporary directory including , meaning that you need as much free disk space as your VPS size to use vzdump. It can be an issue in the paths to ignore, thus making case of a very big backupfile server handling many files...

''Workaround:'' A workaround has been proposed on OpenVZ forum: , see below for the excerpt. (http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=msg&goto=36924&)