> On 6 Oct 2022, at 22:52, Ron <ronljohnso...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 10/6/22 12:46, Christophe Pettus wrote: >>> On Oct 6, 2022, at 10:44, Ron <ronljohnso...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Sadly, that VM doesn't have nearly enough disk space to hold the backup >>> folder. >> Use file mode, and stream the output via scp/ssh to a different machine? > > I thought of that, too. Unfortunately, the ssh version in RHEL 8.6 is > sufficiently old that "three way" ssh (person at HostA wanting to transfer a > file from Server1 to Server2) requires that port 22 be open from Server1 to > Server2.
Bit of a wild idea, I haven’t used SSH tunnels in years, so a bit fuzzy on the details: Can you create an SSH tunnel to the new machine from the VM, then pipe that to an SSH connection from a machine that does have enough space to dump? And then vice versa to the new machine to restore? (Unless access to that one is easier of course) Alban Hertroys -- If you can't see the forest for the trees, cut the trees and you'll find there is no forest.
