Linux - Imaging backup solution?
- by xperator
I want to know is there a way to make a snapshot-like backup of a linux system into a single file and restore it in another system ?
You know in windows there are programs which makes a copy of a drive (like C:\ ) into a single image file. So you can restore this file later incase you are infected or something happens.
Every time I want to migrate my vps into another host, I have to setup the new server from scratch and move the files manually. Can I just make a snapshot backup of the whole system and restore it somewhere else (or on the same server) ?
I am not familiar with linux and I have no idea if this is technically possible or not ? Does the paritions, configs, system files,etc... are individual for each system ?
I heard about rsync, but that's not what I am looking for.