===== rsync notes ===== ==== Clone entire system via ssh ==== # rsync -aAXv --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found"} / ssh@192.168.122.5:/ ==== Clone SuSE Linux 10 or 11 ==== cd /tmp touch exclude vim exclude /etc/fstab /boot/ /etc/lvm/ /etc/grub.conf /dev/ /proc/ /sys/ /etc/udev/ rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null" --exclude-from 'exclude' --progress / $IP:/ ==== RHEL 7 ====