Your disks and configuration profiles can be copied to or from another Linode, server, or computer in your home or office. This is an effective way to back up your Linode to another server, migrate your Linode to another machine, or copy an existing server to your Linode. These guides explain how to migrate and clone your disks and configuration profiles from one server to another.
Clone your Linode to another Linode.
Create a disk image using dd and download it to another machine over SSH.
Our guide to disks and configuration profiles
Review this guide to find out how to copy a disk of a Linode from one Linode account to another. This is a great way to prepare a disk for another Linode customer and transfer it from one individual account to another individual account.
You can migrate your Linode across data centers using the Linode Cloud Manager. This is a self-service feature that does not require any action from Linode to initiate your migration. This guide shows you how to access this feature via the Cloud Manager and includes important details about the impact a migration may have on your Linode''s configurations.
KVM Reference explains the differences when going from Xen to KVM virtualization.
Linode Images allows you to take snapshots of your disks, and then deploy them to any Linode under your account. This can be useful for bootstrapping a master image for a large deployment, along with other use cases.
How to copy an existing Linux server to your new Linode
Our guide to upgrading and resizing your Linode
Learn how to Switch to a 64-bit Linux Kernel with Your Existing Distribution.
The Linode Backup Service automatically performs daily, weekly, and biweekly backups of your Linode. This guide explains how to enable and schedule your backups, make a manual backup snapshot, restore from a backup, and disable the Backup Service.
