Filesystem snapshot and restore using rsyn

Filesystem snapshot and restore using rsync

snapshot / to /data1

rsync -avz \
  --exclude '/dev' --exclude '/proc' --exclude '/sys' \
  --exclude '/data2' --exclude '/data1' \
  --exclude '/boot' --exclude '/run' \
  / /data1

tar zcvf backup_vanilla_220318.tar.gz srv/ mnt/ media/ lost+found/ usr/ sbin/ lib64/ lib bin/ opt/ home/ var/ etc/ root/ tmp/

time passes ....

tar zxvf backup_vanilla_220318.tar.gz

restore from /data1 to /
rsync -avz \
  --exclude '/dev' --exclude '/proc' --exclude '/sys' \
  --exclude '/data2' --exclude '/data1' \
  --exclude '/boot' --exclude '/run' \
  --delete \
  /data1/ /