Imaging a running Linux server

[omegahalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Chris O'Connell)]

Would one need to boot up with a live disk or can the dd command image a
server that is up and running?

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On 08/27/2010 11:45 AM, Chris O'Connell wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > I usually use Clonezilla for my imaging needs.  Sadly, Clonezilla is
> having
> > some trouble with the hardware on one of my servers.  Ideally I wouldn't
> > want to take my server down to image it anyways.
> >
> > Can anyone recommend a tool to image a system while the system is up and
> > running?
> >
> >
> the dd(1) command can image a file system or an entire drive.
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