just use the --exclude-path option

--exclude-path REGEX    exclude certain files/directories
 
see the manual page for details (man vzdump)

- Dietmar


> Hi Dietmar and all...
> 
> I have another suggestion for VZDUMP, if you don't mind.  
> Like most people, I have been using it for backup of VPSs.  I 
> have a number of VPSs that generate a large number of files 
> that don't need to be backed up.  One VPS, for example, 
> itself backs up databases by dumping their files.  Another 
> generates zone files periodically, and so on.
> 
> Dumping these VPSs takes a lot of time and disk space.  The 
> reason I dump them is for their configuration, not for their data.
> 
> If it was possible to exclude certain files, either by 
> location of by a name spec, or both, from the dump, that 
> would be fantastic.
> 
> Just a thought, thank you for your hard work and contributions!
> 
> Jim
>