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**usage**
```
root@guile[/mnt/downloads/virt-back]# ./virt-back --help
Usage: virt-back [options]
virt-back --help
usage: virt-back [-h] [-q] [-d] [-g] [-a amount] [-p 'PATH'] [-u 'URI'] [-i] [--info-all] [-b] [-r] [-s] [-c] [--backup-all] [--reboot-all] [--shutdown-all] [--create-all]
A backup utility for QEMU, KVM, XEN, and Virtualbox guests. Virt-back is a python application that uses the libvirt api to safely shutdown, gzip, and restart guests. The backup process
logs to syslog for auditing and virt-back works great with cron for scheduling outages. Virt-back has been placed in the public domain and the latest version may be downloaded here:
A backup utility for QEMU, KVM, XEN, and Virtualbox guests. Virt-back is a
python application that uses the libvirt api to safely shutdown, gzip, and
restart guests. The backup process logs to syslog for auditing and virt-back
works great with cron for scheduling outages. Virt-back has been placed in the
public domain and the latest version may be downloaded here:
https://git.unturf.com/python/virt-back
Options:
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-q, --quiet prevent output to stdout
-d, --date append date to tar filename [default: no date]
-g, --no-gzip do not gzip the resulting tar file
-a amount, --retention=amount
-a amount, --retention amount
backups to retain [default: 3]
-p 'PATH', --path='PATH'
-p 'PATH', --path 'PATH'
backup path [default: '/KVMBACK']
-u 'URI', --uri='URI'
-u 'URI', --uri 'URI'
optional hypervisor uri
Actions for info testing:
These options display info or test a list of guests.
Actions for info testing:
These options display info or test a list of guests.
-i, --info info/test a list of guests (space delimited dom names)
--info-all attempt to show info on ALL guests
-i, --info info/test a list of guests (space delimited dom names)
--info-all attempt to show info on ALL guests
Actions for a list of dom names:
WARNING: These options WILL bring down guests!
Actions for a list of dom names:
WARNING: These options WILL bring down guests!
-b, --backup backup a list of guests (space delimited dom names)
-r, --reboot reboot a list of guests (space delimited dom names)
-s, --shutdown shutdown a list of guests (space delimited dom names)
-c, --create start a list of guests (space delimited dom names)
-b, --backup backup a list of guests (space delimited dom names)
-r, --reboot reboot a list of guests (space delimited dom names)
-s, --shutdown shutdown a list of guests (space delimited dom names)
-c, --create start a list of guests (space delimited dom names)
Actions for all doms:
WARNING: These options WILL bring down ALL guests!
Actions for all doms:
WARNING: These options WILL bring down ALL guests!
--backup-all attempt to shutdown, backup, and start ALL guests
--reboot-all attempt to shutdown and then start ALL guests
--shutdown-all attempt to shutdown ALL guests
--create-all attempt to start ALL guests
--backup-all attempt to shutdown, backup, and start ALL guests
--reboot-all attempt to shutdown and then start ALL guests
--shutdown-all attempt to shutdown ALL guests
--create-all attempt to start ALL guests
```

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setup(
name="virt-back",
version="0.2.2",
version="0.2.4",
description="virt-back: A backup utility for QEMU, KVM, XEN, and Virtualbox guests",
keywords="backup virtual hypervisor QEMU KVM XEN Virtualbox",
long_description=long_description,