2.10.2. Listing Virtual Machine and Container Backups

You can list backups on the server with the prlctl backup-list command. For example:

# prlctl backup-list
           ID  Backup_ID      Node      Date                 Type  Size
{c1dee22f...}  {209d54a0...}  test.com  2011-05-30 10:19:32  f     411566405
[The ID and Backup ID are reduced for better readability.]

The command output shows that currently only one backup with the ID of 209d54a0-e3b8-4a03-9ca8-d4cc7a2a27ca exists on the server. The information on the backup is presented in the following table:

ColumnDescription

ID

The ID uniquely identifying the virtual machine or container.

Backup_ID

The ID assigned to the backup archive. You need to specify this ID when performing any backup-related operations.

Node

The hostname of the physical server storing the backup archive.

Date

The date and time when the backup archive was created.

Type

The backup type. Currently, you can create two types of backups:

  • full, f,
  • incremental, i, with only the files changed since the previous full or incremental backup. This is the default backup type.

Size

The size of the backup archive, in bytes.