How to restore from backup.tgz file in linux

[Guest intern3t]

How can i restore from a

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backup.tgz

file created from another red hat linux server on my own server. I tried the command the following command:

 

Code:

tar xvpfz backup.tgz -C /

The above command worked, but it replaced the existing system files which made my linux server not to work properly. please how can i restore so that services and installed files on the other server will be available on my server. i use redhat5.

 

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