Manual backup/restore of OpenVZ VPS

Backup

1. Connect to the source server over SSH.

2. Create an archive of the VPS:

   # vzdump --compress --dumpdir /home/backup VMID

   - compress : It will compress the dump file (results in a .tgz).
   - dumpdir specifies the directory in which you want to store the dump. If you don't specify a dumpdir, it stores in /vz/dump
   - VMID of VPS can be found in SolusVM > Virtual Servers.
   

Restore

1. Restore the archive:

   # vzdump --restore /home/backup/vzdump-VMID.tgz VMID

   where VMID is a corresponding VM ID.

2. Import VPS if required: Importing OpenVZ containers