.. program:: qvm-backup-restore

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:program:`qvm-backup-restore` -- Restores Qubes VMs from backup
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.. warning::

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   conversion, because it would add little value. Please revise it and add
   more descriptive help, which normally won't fit in standard ``--help``
   option.

   After rewrite, please remove this admonition.

Synopsis
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:command:`qvm-backup-restore` [*options*] <*backup-dir*>

Options
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.. option:: --help, -h

    Show this help message and exit

.. option:: --verbose, -v

   Increase verbosity

.. option:: --quiet, -q

   Decrease verbosity


.. option:: --verify-only

    Do not restore the data, only verify backup integrity

.. option:: --skip-broken

    Do not restore VMs that have missing templates or netvms

.. option:: --ignore-missing

    Ignore missing templates or netvms, restore VMs anyway

.. option:: --skip-conflicting

    Do not restore VMs that are already present on the host

.. option:: --rename-conflicting

   Restore VMs that are already present on the host under different names

.. option:: --exclude=EXCLUDE, -x EXCLUDE

    Skip restore of specified VM (might be repeated)

.. option:: --skip-dom0-home

    Do not restore dom0 user home dir

.. option:: --ignore-username-mismatch

    Ignore dom0 username mismatch while restoring homedir

.. option:: --ignore-size-limit

    Backup metadata contains expected size of each VM. By default if backup
    contains more data than expected, it is rejected. Use this option to ignore
    this limit and restore such (broken, or potentially malicious) backup
    anyway.

.. option:: --compression-filter, -Z

    Force specific compression filter, instead of the one named in the backup
    header. The compression filter is a command that accepts ``-d`` option to
    decompress data on stdin and output it to stdout.  This can be used to
    override built-in protection against uncommon compression.

.. option:: --dest-vm=APPVM, -d APPVM

    Restore from a backup located in a specific AppVM

.. option:: --passphrase-file, -p

   Read passphrase from file, or use '-' to read from stdin



Authors
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| Joanna Rutkowska <joanna at invisiblethingslab dot com>
| Rafal Wojtczuk <rafal at invisiblethingslab dot com>
| Marek Marczykowski <marmarek at invisiblethingslab dot com>