VirtualBox
Convert vhdx to vhd
VBoxManage.exe clonemedium "input_file.vhdx" "output_file.vhd" --format VHD
Convert vhdx to raw with Qemu
apt install qemu-utils
qemu-img convert -O raw OT1.vhdx output.raw
Mount a vhdx disk to inspect the contents
guestmount --add disk-image.vhdx --inspector --ro /mnt/
Copy image over internet with ssh an dd to a disk
dd status=progress if=output.raw bs=1M | ssh root@1.1.1.1 dd of=/dev/vda
Copy image over internet with ssh an dd to a file
dd status=progress if=/dev/vda bs=1M | ssh user@anderemachine dd of=/pad/naar/disk.raw
You can add conv=sparse to dd command on the receiving machine.
Copy disk from remote to local and compress to file
ssh root@1.2.3.4 "dd if=/dev/vda" | 7z a -si -pSECRET -mx=9 -mhe=on full-disk.7z
Make a backup of a filesytem over ssh
sudo tar zc / | ssh user@host cat - \> /path/to/tarball.tar.gz
#!/bin/bash
VBoxManage unregistervm db01 --delete
cd ~/VirtualBox\ VMs/ && rm -rf db01/
VBoxManage createvm --name db01 --ostype Ubuntu_64 --register
VBoxManage modifyvm db01 --memory 1024
VBoxManage modifyvm db01 --nic1 intnet --macaddress1 080027498558
VBoxManage modifyvm db01 --intnet1 'intnet'
VBoxManage modifyvm db01 --boot1 disk --boot2 net
VBoxManage createmedium --filename ~/VirtualBox\ VMs/db01/bootdisk.vdi --size 10000
VBoxManage createmedium --filename ~/VirtualBox\ VMs/db01/datadisk.vdi --size 10000
VBoxManage createmedium --filename ~/VirtualBox\ VMs/db01/datadisk2.vdi --size 10000
VBoxManage storagectl db01 --name "SATA" --add sata --controller IntelAHCI
VBoxManage storageattach db01 --storagectl "SATA" --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium ~/VirtualBox\ VMs/db01/bootdisk.vdi
VBoxManage storageattach db01 --storagectl "SATA" --port 1 --device 0 --type hdd --medium ~/VirtualBox\ VMs/db01/datadisk.vdi
VBoxManage storageattach db01 --storagectl "SATA" --port 2 --device 0 --type hdd --medium ~/VirtualBox\ VMs/db01/datadisk2.vdi