What's the best way to backup a (virtual) server prior to shutting it down and disposing of it?
Assume only a single filesystem, which in turn means that the backup will have to go onto that filesystem (obviously on completion the file would be copied off before the server was killed!); also assume no access to it except via SSH so no image backups etc.
Objectives: To have access to everything in case it was needed, and ideally to be able to rebuild the server as it was should it be needed again in future.
Mark