Add multiple specific files into a single compressed tarball:
tar czf archive.tar.gz /tmp/something_*.txt /tmp/other.log
Backup of directory on remote server to local server via ssh
ssh root@server "(cd /directory/; tar cvzf - *)" > ./localbackup.tar.gz
Backup of a directory on local system, storing on remote system
tar zcvf - /your/directory | ssh backup-user@backupserver "cat > /backup/file.tgz"
Extract remote archive to local system:
ssh remotehost cat /path/to/foo.tar.gz | tar xzf -
Complete disk image of remote server to local compressed image file via ssh
#from local server ssh root@server "(dd bs=32M if=/dev/sda status=progress | gzip -9)" | dd of=./backup-full-sda.gz #from remote server onto local server: dd bs=32M if=/dev/sda status=progress | gzip -9 | ssh root@20.30.40.50 "dd of=/backup/sda-backup-file.gz"
Restore of local compressed disk image to remote server via ssh
gunzip -c /backup/sda-backup-file.gz | ssh root@original-source-server-ip "dd bs=32M of=/dev/sda"