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POSIX file systems backup driver
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The POSIX file systems backup driver backs up volumes of any type to
POSIX file systems.

To enable the POSIX file systems backup driver, include the following
option in the ``cinder.conf`` file:

.. code-block:: ini

    backup_driver = cinder.backup.drivers.posix

The following configuration options are available for the POSIX
file systems backup driver.

.. include:: ../../tables/cinder-backups_posix.rst