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→Copying the data: rsync example
Copy all your data from the machine to an OpenVZ box. Say you'll be using VE with ID of 123, then all the data should be placed to <code>/vz/private/123/</code> directory (so there will be directories such as <code>/vz/private/123/bin</code>, <code>etc</code>, <code>var</code> and so on). This could be done by scp or rsync.
rsync example (run from the new HN):
rsync -arvpz --exclude dev --exclude proc --exclude tmp -e "ssh -l root@a.b.c.d" root@a.b.c.d:/ /vz/private/123/
'''Advantage:''' Your system doesn't really go down.
