Backup and Restore a Contabo VPS to Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive etc

In this video i show you how you can take a Disk Image of a Contabo VPS in one datacentre , and via rclone, restore it in a completely different one. The image can be stored on Dropbox, Onedrive or Google drive to name but 3 of 30+ Cloud Storage Providers.

Contabo VPS link : https://cloudtechlinks.com/V33-Contabo-Link

VULTR VPS link : https://cloudtechlinks.com/V33-VULTR-Link

0.00 Video Purpose
1.20 Overall Process Diagram
2.50 Install Rclone on the windows local PC
5.00 Starting the Rescue System
6.00 SSH commands in VPS Rescue System
14.00 How to make and Test a VPS Disk Image
16.50 How to Restore a VPS Disk Image

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V33 - 01 - Video Purpose

V33 - 02 - CloudTech Introduction

V33 - 03 – Overall Process Diagram

V33 - 03point5 – Install Rclone on the windows local PC

V33 - 04 – Starting the Rescue System
Demian 10 - Recommended
rescue system root password : SFB666demo

V33 - 05 - SSH commands in VPS Rescue System
apt-get update && curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash && mkdir /mnt/clouddir && rclone config
rclone mount gdrive: /mnt/clouddir/ --daemon
mkdir -p /mnt/clouddir/rclone-disk-images && ls -la /mnt/clouddir/rclone-disk-images


V33 - 06 - How to make and Test a VPS Disk Image

To Create Disk Image
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syntax :
dd if=/dev/sda status=progress| xz --compress -0 -T0 [GREATER THAN SYMBOL] {Disk-Image-File}

examples :
dd if=/dev/sda status=progress| xz --compress -0 -T0 [GREATER THAN SYMBOL] /mnt/clouddir/rclone-disk-images/eur-50gb-w2022-nvme-176-57-189-176.xz
dd if=/dev/sda status=progress| xz --compress -0 -T0 [GREATER THAN SYMBOL] /mnt/clouddir/rclone-disk-images/eur-50gb-zorin-nvme-176-57-189-176.xz
dd if=/dev/sda status=progress| xz --compress -0 -T0 [GREATER THAN SYMBOL] /mnt/clouddir/rclone-disk-images/eur-50gb-u2204resticted-nvme-176-57-189-176.xz
dd if=/dev/sda status=progress| xz --compress -0 -T0 [GREATER THAN SYMBOL] /mnt/clouddir/rclone-disk-images/eur-50gb-kali2203-nvme-176-57-189-176.xz


To Test a VPS Disk Image
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syntax :
xz --test -T0 --verbose {Disk-Image-File}

examples :
xz --test -T0 --verbose /mnt/clouddir/rclone-disk-images/eur-50gb-zorin-nvme-176-57-189-176.xz
xz --test -T0 --verbose /mnt/clouddir/rclone-disk-images/eur-50gb-kali2203-nvme-176-57-189-176.xz
xz --test -T0 --verbose /mnt/clouddir/rclone-disk-images/eur-50gb-w2022-nvme-176-57-189-176.xz
xz --test -T0 --verbose /mnt/clouddir/rclone-disk-images/eur-50gb-u2204resticted-nvme-176-57-189-176-damaged.xz



V33 - 07 - How to Restore a VPS Disk Image

To Restore Disk Image (NOTE: ALL DATA STORED ON THE HARD DISK WILL BE LOST!!)
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syntax :
xz --decompress --stdout -T0 {Disk-Image-File} | dd of=/dev/sda status=progress

examples :
xz --decompress --stdout -T0 /mnt/clouddir/rclone-disk-images/eur-50gb-zorin-nvme-176-57-189-176.xz | dd of=/dev/sda status=progress
xz --decompress --stdout -T0 /mnt/clouddir/rclone-disk-images/eur-50gb-kali2203-nvme-176-57-189-176.xz | dd of=/dev/sda status=progress
xz --decompress --stdout -T0 /mnt/clouddir/rclone-disk-images/eur-50gb-w2022-nvme-176-57-189-176.xz | dd of=/dev/sda status=progress
xz --decompress --stdout -T0 /mnt/clouddir/rclone-disk-images/eur-50gb-u2204resticted-nvme-176-57-189-176-damaged.xz | dd of=/dev/sda status=progress