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| + | ====== TAR a system over SSH ====== | ||
| + | Here is a sample command. You may need sudo/access to files/etc. I assume you can sort that out. | ||
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| + | ssh user@host sudo tar -cvpf - --one-file-system / > backup-(date +%Y-%m-%d--%H-%M).tar | ||
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| + | This will print the file list to you over stdout, and create a tar file piped to your local system with the root filesystem. | ||
| + | Simple and effective to back up a VPS. SSH is encrypted, so this should be fine from that regard. | ||
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| + | No this is probably not a good idea. Yes it works. | ||