Hey everyone! I've got several VPS instances with Contabo, but I've decided to move on and transfer everything to a different provider. I'm looking for a reliable backup and restore application that can create images of these VPS instances and restore them onto new, basic VPS servers. Any suggestions?
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Look into Bacula, Restic, or Rsync with the snapshot feature. For full images, Clonezilla or BorgBackup might work too, though it’ll involve some manual steps. Not fully automated but quite reliable.
If you're running your services in containers, backing them up and restoring is usually pretty straightforward. You might want to stick with that method if it applies to your setup!
Clonezilla is a solid option! It should work well as long as the VPSs share similar virtual hardware specifications.
I think Veeam could do the trick for backing up and restoring Linux servers. Just make sure you check its compatibility with restoring to a new VPS, as I wasn't too sure about that part. Good luck!
Thanks for the tip! I’ll look into Veeam further.
For a more manual approach, you could also consider using Clonezilla directly for the transfers. It’s worth checking out!
I appreciate the suggestions! And yeah, I'm okay with doing some manual work for a one-time transfer.