INCUS.STORAGE.VOLUME.EXPORT(1)

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version 7.0.1 · 11 versions
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💖 NAME 💖

incus-storage-volume-export — bestie, this is the one that exports your custom storage volumes ✨ it lives inside the Incus - Command line client(1) manual, so like… that's the family it's from 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

incus storage volume export [:]  [] [flags]

That's the whole incantation, fr fr 💅 flags go at the end, and everything in brackets is optional-ish depending on what you're actually doing.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so real talk: this command exports custom storage volumes 💾✨ that's the whole vibe. You point it at a volume, it hands you back a backup-ish thing. Iconic behavior, honestly 🎀

🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

  • --compression="" — the compression algorithm you wanna use 🗜️ passing none means uncompressed. Heads up tho: this one gets ignored for ISO storage volumes 🙈
  • -f, --force[=false] — force overwriting an existing backup file 💀 bestie please be careful, it will absolutely steamroll whatever's already sitting there
  • --optimized-storage[=false] — use the storage driver's optimized format 👑 big caveat: stuff made this way can only be restored on a similar pool, so don't get cute with it. also ignored for ISO storage volumes ✋
  • --target="" — the cluster member name 🌐 for when you're in a cluster and need to be specific about which member
  • --volume-only[=false] — export the volume without its snapshots 🧚 just the volume, none of the history. also, you guessed it, ignored for ISO storage volumes 🌸

💜 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 💜

these are the ones you get for free from the parent command, no extra effort required ✨

  • --debug[=false] — show all debug messages 🐛 for when you need to see everything
  • --explain[=false] — if the command is valid, explain its parsed arguments instead of actually running it 🧠 lowkey the most useful thing ever, it just tells you what you meant
  • --force-local[=false] — force using the local unix socket 🔌
  • -h, --help[=false] — print help 🆘
  • --project="" — override the source project 🎯
  • -q, --quiet[=false] — don't show progress information 🤫 silence is golden
  • --sub-commands[=false] — use with help or --help to view sub-commands 🪜
  • -v, --verbose[=false] — show all information messages 📢 the opposite of --quiet, obviously
  • --version[=false] — print version number 🔢

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • incus-storage-volume(1) — go read this one too, they're besties 🤝 iykyk

🎀 HISTORY 🎀

  • 24-Sep-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra 🤖 (yeah, a robot wrote the skeleton, the vibes are all me tho 💅)
quick reminder bestie: the ISO storage volume thing comes up like three times in here — compression, optimized storage, and volume-only all get ignored for ISO volumes. Not me being repetitive, that's just how it is 🙈

Auto generated by spf13/cobra · Sep 2026 · Incus - Command line client(1) — mwah, go export something gorgeous 💖✨🦋

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