--- vzdump.orig	2009-02-06 18:46:13 +0300
+++ /usr/bin/vzdump	2009-02-06 18:57:45 +0300
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 my $opt_all;
 my $opt_exclude;
 my $opt_exclude_path;
+my $opt_rsync_exclude;
 my $opt_debug = 1;
 my $opt_dumpdir;
 my $opt_compress = 0;
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
 my @script_ext = qw (start stop mount umount);
 
 my @findexcl;
+my @rsyncexcl;
 
 sub find_add_exclude {
     my ($excltype, $value) = @_;
@@ -300,6 +302,7 @@
     print STDERR "usage: $0 OPTIONS [--all | VPSID]\n\n";
     print STDERR "\t--exclude VPSID\t\texclude VPSID (assumes --all)\n";
     print STDERR "\t--exclude-path REGEX\texclude certain files/directories\n"; 
+    print STDERR "\t--rsync-exclude PATTERN\texclude certain files/directories on rsync stage.\n"; 
     print STDERR "\t--compress\t\tcompress dump file (gzip)\n";
     print STDERR "\t--dumpdir DIR\t\tstore resulting files in DIR\n";
     print STDERR "\t--xdelta\t\tcreate differential backup using xdelta\n";
@@ -347,6 +350,7 @@
 if (!GetOptions ('all' => \$opt_all,
 		 'exclude=s@' => \$opt_exclude,
 		 'exclude-path=s@' => \$opt_exclude_path,
+		 'rsync-exclude=s@' => \$opt_rsync_exclude,
 		 'compress' => \$opt_compress,
 		 'restore=s' => \$opt_restore,
 		 'mailto=s@' => \$opt_mailto,
@@ -395,8 +399,12 @@
 	find_add_exclude ('-regex', $path);
     }
 }
- 
 
+if ($opt_rsync_exclude) {
+    foreach my $path (@$opt_rsync_exclude) {
+	push @rsyncexcl, "--exclude", "'$path'";
+    }
+}
 
 sub check_bin {
     my ($bin, $msg)  = @_;
@@ -698,7 +706,8 @@
 
 		mkdir $tmpdir || die "unable to create tmpdir";
 
-		my $synccmd = "$rsync -aH --delete $dir $tmpdir";
+		my $exclude_args = join (' ', @rsyncexcl);
+		my $synccmd = "$rsync -aH --delete $exclude_args $dir $tmpdir";
 		debugmsg ('info', "starting first sync $dir to $tmpdir", \*LOG);
 		run_command (\*LOG, $synccmd);
 
@@ -838,6 +847,9 @@
                         can use this option more than once to specify 
                         multiple exclude paths
 
+--rsync-exclude PATTERN exclude certain files/directories on rsync stage. 
+                        See man rsync for PATTERN syntax.
+
 --compress              compress dump file (gzip)
 
 --dumpdir DIR           store resulting files in DIR