LXC.STORAGE.VOLUME.EXPORT(1)

🌸 LXD - Command line client(1) 🌸

okay so bestie, quick vibe check before we dive in: this page lives in the LXD - Command line client(1) manual, and it's all about lxc-storage-volume-export 💖 it's not long, it's not scary, it's literally just one command. let's go 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

lxc-storage-volume-export — Export custom storage volume 🎀

like, that's the whole thing. the name is the job.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

lxc storage volume export [:]  [] [flags]

that's the shape of it, no cap. yes the spacing is a little quirky, it's fine, we don't judge 💅

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

Description: Export custom storage volume 🌈

okay so that's what the page says, and that's what it does — it exports your custom storage volume. main character energy, honestly. it shows up, it exports the volume, it leaves 👑

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💜 OPTIONS 💜

• --compression="" — Define a compression algorithm: for backup or none`` — pick how you wanna squeeze things down, it's giving "pack light" 🎒
• --export-version="" — Use a different metadata format version than the latest one supported by the server`` — so if the server's newest format isn't the vibe, you can ask for an older one 🙈
• --optimized-storage[=false] — Use storage driver optimized format (can only be restored on a similar pool) 🔥 — heads up bestie: this one locks you in, it can only be restored on a similar pool, so don't be out here restoring it somewhere random 😭
• --target="" — Cluster member name`` — tell it which cluster member you mean 🧚
• --volume-only[=false] — Export the volume without its snapshots — just the volume, no plus-ones, no entourage 💀

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🍓 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🍓

these are the ones it got from its parent, like inherited jewelry but for flags 💎

• --debug[=false] — Show all debug messages 🐛
• --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 🤫
• --sub-commands[=false] — Use with help or --help to view sub-commands
• -v, --verbose[=false] — Show all information messages 🗣️
• --version[=false] — Print version number

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• lxc-storage-volume(1) — the whole family, go say hi 🫶

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🎀 HISTORY 🎀

22-Aug-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra 🦋

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and that's the page, bestie!! ✨ fr fr it was Auto generated by spf13/cobra back in Aug 2026, and it still reps the LXD - Command line client(1) manual to this day — iconic behavior, we love to see it 💖💅🌟