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Backup & Restore whole Linux System over SSH
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# Backup
ssh root@$SSH_HOST "tar cpf - / --exclude=/sys --exclude=/proc --exclude=/dev" | pv | gzip | cat > backup.tar.gz

# Restore
cat backup.tar.gz | ssh root@$SSH_HOST "pv | tar zxvf - -C /"
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