diff --git a/PVE/VZDump.pm b/PVE/VZDump.pm
index f50d92d8..9bad8f0f 100644
--- a/PVE/VZDump.pm
+++ b/PVE/VZDump.pm
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ sub get_backup_file_list {
     my $bklist = [];
     foreach my $fn (<$dir/${bkname}-*>) {
 	next if $exclude_fn && $fn eq $exclude_fn;
-	if ($fn =~ m!/(${bkname}-(\d{4})_(\d{2})_(\d{2})-(\d{2})_(\d{2})_(\d{2})\.(tgz|(tar(\.(gz|lzo))?)))$!) {
+	if ($fn =~ m!/(${bkname}-(\d{4})_(\d{2})_(\d{2})-(\d{2})_(\d{2})_(\d{2})\.(tgz|((tar|vma)(\.(gz|lzo))?)))$!) {
 	    $fn = "$dir/$1"; # untaint
 	    my $t = timelocal ($7, $6, $5, $4, $3 - 1, $2 - 1900);
 	    push @$bklist, [$fn, $t];
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ sub exec_backup_task {
 
 	my $logfile = $task->{logfile} = "$opts->{dumpdir}/$basename.log";
 
-	my $ext = '.tar';
+	my $ext = $vmtype eq 'qemu' ? '.vma' : '.tar';
 	my ($comp, $comp_ext) = compressor_info($opts->{compress});
 	if ($comp && $comp_ext) {
 	    $ext .= ".${comp_ext}";
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ sub exec_backup_task {
 		debugmsg ('info', "delete old backup '$d->[0]'", $logfd);
 		unlink $d->[0];
 		my $logfn = $d->[0];
-		$logfn =~ s/\.(tgz|(tar(\.(gz|lzo))?))$/\.log/;
+		$logfn =~ s/\.(tgz|((tar|vma)(\.(gz|lzo))?))$/\.log/;
 		unlink $logfn;
 	    }
 	}
@@ -946,8 +946,11 @@ sub exec_backup_task {
 		    debugmsg ('info', "resume vm", $logfd);
 		    $plugin->resume_vm ($task, $vmid);
 		} else {
-		    debugmsg ('info', "restarting vm", $logfd);
-		    $plugin->start_vm ($task, $vmid);
+		    my $running = $plugin->vm_status($vmid);
+		    if (!$running) {
+			debugmsg ('info', "restarting vm", $logfd);
+			$plugin->start_vm ($task, $vmid);
+		    }
 		} 
 	    };
 	    my $err = $@;
diff --git a/bin/vzdump b/bin/vzdump
index 6f6ee68c..2472f272 100755
--- a/bin/vzdump
+++ b/bin/vzdump
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ vzdump - backup utility for virtual machine
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 vzdump is an utility to make consistent snapshots of running virtual
-machines (VMs). It basically creates a tar archive of the VM private area,
+machines (VMs). It basically creates an archive of the VM private area,
 which also includes the VM configuration files. vzdump currently
 supports OpenVZ and QemuServer VMs.
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ number of backups to keep.
 
 =head1 RESTORE
 
-The resulting tar files can be restored with the following programs.
+The resulting archive files can be restored with the following programs.
 
 =over 1
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Restore an OpenVZ machine to VM 600
 
 Restore an Qemu/KVM machine to VM 601
 
- # qmrestore /mnt/backup/vzdump-qemu-888.tar 601
+ # qmrestore /mnt/backup/vzdump-qemu-888.vma 601
 
 Clone an existing container 101 to container 300 using pipes
 
diff --git a/debian/changelog.Debian b/debian/changelog.Debian
index b5d4f83b..0b7091e1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog.Debian
+++ b/debian/changelog.Debian
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+pve-manager (2.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * support new qemu vma backup files
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:27:32 +0100
+
 pve-manager (2.2-32) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * add new cpu types:  Haswell and Opteron_G5
diff --git a/defines.mk b/defines.mk
index 717630d3..665bd963 100644
--- a/defines.mk
+++ b/defines.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-RELEASE=2.2
+RELEASE=2.3
 
-VERSION=2.2
+VERSION=2.3
 PACKAGE=pve-manager
-PACKAGERELEASE=32
+PACKAGERELEASE=1
 
 BINDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
 PERLLIBDIR=${DESTDIR}/usr/share/perl5