= Full Filesystem rsync = Sometimes we need to move an entire server from one machine to another machine. The first step is to boot the target guest from a debirf image, mount all filesystem in /mnt, and add the source server's ssh key into /root/.ssh/authorized_keys on the debirf image. Then, on the source, edit and run the following script: {{{ target=root@leslie.new:/mnt/ # -a typically means: --recursive --links --perms --times --group --owner # --devices --specials # we don't use extended attributes normally (otheriwse, we might want -X) # or ACLs (otherwise might consider -A) exclude="--exclude /etc/fstab --exlude /etc/network/interfaces /etc/udev/rules.d/*" rsync -ax --hard-links --delete $exclude / "$target" rsync -ax --hard-links --delete /srv "$target" rsync -ax --hard-links --delete /var "$target" }}}