vzdump is an utility to make consistent snapshots of running OpenVZ VEs. It basically creates a tar archive of the VE private area, which also includes the VE configuration files.
There are several ways to provide consistency:
Taken from proxmox.com.
/contrib/utils/vzdump/| File Name ↓ | File Size ↓ | Date ↓ |
|---|---|---|
| Parent directory/ | - | - |
| old/ | - | 2016-May-15 09:00 |
| vzdump-1.2.tar.gz | 19.8 KiB | 2009-Oct-22 08:25 |
| vzdump_1.2-4_all.deb | 26.1 KiB | 2009-Oct-22 08:25 |
| vzdump-1.2-4.noarch.rpm | 28.6 KiB | 2009-Oct-22 08:25 |