#change the mount to your correct archive nfsserver for VMLMAT #this routine will backup your new linux distro and you can later rename # it to correct name you choose for this distro. umount /mnt/new umount /mnt/old mount yourNfsServer:/zseries /mnt/new mount /dev/dasda1 /mnt/old cd /mnt/old #tar -cvzf /mnt/new/new.tar -X /var/clone/except . tar -cvzf /mnt/new/new.tar .