Hi George, On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 04:13:34PM +0100, George Smart wrote: xen-shell> rescue Booting rescue instance: username . . . rescue login: user Password: user@rescue:~$ sudo dd if=/dev/xvda | gzip --best --rsyncable | ssh you@other-host 'cat > /path/to/a_compressed_image_of_my_vps_xvda_disk.gz' If you want a progress meter then use "pv". I forget if the rescue VM has it there already, but if not it is but an apt-get away. user@rescue:~$ sudo pv /dev/xvda | gzip --best --rsyncable | ssh you@other-host 'cat > /path/to/a_compressed_imag e_of_my_vps_xvda_disk.gz' If you need it to be done while VPS is running then you could open a support ticket asking for a disk snapshot, which would then get attached to your VPS as a read-only disk. But these have performance implications and are meant to be strictly short-term affairs so this is not something you should do regularly or long-term. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting