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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+<!-- maintainer-needed -->
+<longdescription lang="en">
+vzdump is a utility to make consistent snapshots of running OpenVZ VEs. It basically creates a tar archive of the VE private area, which also includes the VE configuration files.
+There are several ways to provide consistency:
+ - stop the VE during backup (very long downtime)
+ - use rsync and suspend/resume (minimal downtime)
+ - use LVM2 (no downtime)
+</longdescription>
+</pkgmetadata>