Cloning of Drives using Netcat

AIM : To clone server 1 disk to server 2

Server 1:
dd if=/dev/sda | nc 192.168.0.12 1234

Suppose Server 2's IP address in this example is 192.168.0.12 and listening on port 1234.

Note: /dev/sda is the disk to clone. Choose which disk u want to clone.

Server 2: (run this first)

nc -lp 1234 | dd of=/dev/sda

Note: U can view the progress of process by installing pipe viewer to see the progress bar.Then the format will be:

nc -lp 1234 | pv | dd of=/dev/sda


RESULT : This will clone the disk from server 1 to server 2.
Link to download Netcat

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