Clone a live linux system with Rsync over SSH.

Sync filesystems with Rsync over SSH (Ex: 1.2.3.4 is source machine)

rsync -aHxv --numeric-ids --progress [email protected]:/* /mount --exclude=/dev --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys --exclude=/tmp
rsync -aHxv --numeric-ids --progress [email protected]:/boot/* /mount/boot --exclude=/dev --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys --exclude=/tmp  ## Only if /boot is on separate partition in source machine
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rsync -aAXx  / /mnt/somedir/ 
   --exclude={/dev/*,/proc/*,/sys/*,/tmp/*,/run/*,/mnt/*,/media/*,/lost+found}