+
+# Decide if the handler should operate on a vserver or on the host.
+# In the former case, check that $vsname exists and is running.
+local usevserver=no
+local vroot
+if [ $vservers_are_available = yes ]; then
+ if [ -n "$vsname" ]; then
+ # does it exist ?
+ if ! vservers_exist "$vsname" ; then
+ fatal "The vserver given in vsname ($vsname) does not exist."
+ fi
+ # is it running ?
+ $VSERVERINFO -q $vsname RUNNING
+ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+ fatal "The vserver $vsname is not running."
+ fi
+ # everything ok
+ info "Using vserver '$vsname'."
+ usevserver=yes
+ vroot="$VROOTDIR/$vsname"
+ else
+ info "No vserver name specified, actions will be performed on the host."
+ fi
+fi
+
+## Prepare ignore part of the command
+## This only works for mysqldump at the moment
+
+ignore=''
+for i in $ignores; do
+ ignore="$ignore --ignore-table=$i"
+done
+
+# create backup dirs, $vroot will be empty if no vsname was specified
+# and we will instead proceed to operate on the host
+[ -d $vroot$backupdir ] || mkdir -p $vroot$backupdir
+[ -d $vroot$backupdir ] || fatal "Backup directory '$vroot$backupdir'"