Toggle navigation Features Pricing Add-ons Resources Getting Started Migrating to Linode Hosting a Website Guides & Tutorials API StackScripts Mobile CLI Chat Community Forum Blog System Status Speed Test About Us Contact Support | Log in Sign up Sign up Guides & Tutorials Migrate to Linode Disks, Migrations & File Systems Copying a Disk Over SSH Updated Wednesday, January 28, 2015 by Elle Krout You can use SSH to copy a Linode’s disk to a system that resides on a different network. This is an effective way to back up your Linode’s disks to a personal computer or another server. In this guide, you’ll learn how to use SSH to copy a Linode’s disk to a local system. Verify that the receiving computer has SSH installed. (Most Linux/Unix-like systems have it installed by default.) If you’re running Windows locally, you may wish to...