vzdump does not really do what I want to achieve. It dumps the vz (normally by using rsync like I do) and packs it into a tar file. Including the configuration.

My script also uses rsync, but for a different storage. It stores the backups incremetally on a separate disk using hard links to save space on the disk. This would not really be possible if I’d use vzdump.

If you have any problems with the article, I could try to make a clean translation

May I suggest using something like
vzlist -o veid -H
for getting the list of running VEs? It will work better since not all VEs may reside in $VE_HOME.

Also, to get VE_PRIVATE for each VE, you have to set VEID and then source /etc/vz/vz.conf and /etc/vz/conf/$VEID.conf (in that order).

Finally, there’s a vzdump script you might want to take a look at: http://www.proxmox.com/cms_proxmox/en/virtualization/openvz/vzdump/

PS sorry ich bin nicht sprechen sie deutsche, read this page using google translate.

grep und awk sind die Datenbankabfragen des kleinen Mannes.