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Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS - Snapshot?
I'm configuring OpenStack in my ubuntu server and now that I think I have this working and I want to do and try some configurations for Live Migration I want to know if there are any way to make a ...
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Restore duplicity backup from nautilus
I wanted to create backup at a specific hour and day, and afterer reading this:
running deja-dup as cronjob, BU disc not connected
I decided to make backups using duplicity from shell.
I can create ...
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One-way backup to external hard drive
Sorry if this is trivial, my google-powers have abandoned me!
I'm looking to set up a backup on an external hard drive (stationary, automatically mounted)(Ubuntu 12.04).
What I'm interested in is a ...
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Backup and restore Window7 with Ubuntu installed as dual-os [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu (installed using the Wubi installer) on top of Windows 7 and I have only one partition on my drive i.e. C:\ with 150 GB capacity.
Now, I want to backup the whole image in the drive and ...
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incremental backup tool that can handle interruptions?
Is there a recommended incremental backup tool that can handle interruptions such as the external USB disk being disconnected in the middle of an update?
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deja-dup backups through a virtualbox Ubuntu 12.04 with Windows 7 host?
I would like to use a tool like deja-dup or similar to have backups of certain directories in a virtualbox Ubuntu 12.04 machine that runs on a Windows 7 host laptop. I am plugging and unplugging this ...
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How to backup program data, such as Chromium and Thunderbird etc?
What do you recommend to backup, if you don't trust your linux system (I have the problem that sometimes I can't boot linux because of graphic-card issues).
At the moment I'm using Back In Time and ...
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Upgrade by restoring back up
I am upgrading my ubuntu 12.04 to 12.10, and my question is, after upgrading ubuntu, if i make back up of 12.10 then install 12.04 again and then if i restore the backup, will 12.04 upgrade to 12.10?
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Copy speeds drop down all the time?
I use Ubuntu 12.04.
I have a good PC , a Dell XPS, with 8 GB of memory and a 1TB HDD and an i5 processor.
When I copy files internally (to and from the internal HDD), nautilus initially shows speeds ...
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How to make Ubuntu backups readable on Windows
I want to backup my files in Ubuntu 12.04 to an external drive in a way that they are accessible from my wife's computer which is not Ubuntu, it's Windows. How do I do that? I don't want any ...
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Backup of ubuntu 12.10 from windows
I have installed ubuntu 12.10 from wubi in windows 7.
Now I want to format my system. And again install both.
So, how I can backup my ubuntu updates and restore them later??
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Installed ubuntu 12.04 with wubi.exe ,backup whole ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
So as the question stated,
now I'm dual boot my laptop with window 7 and ubuntu 12.04.
Currently, I need to upgrade/reinstall my window 7 to window 8. But,I have to backup all my stuff in my ubuntu ...
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Problems running Deja Dup with elevated priveleges
As advised by this answer, I'm using
gksu deja-dup-preferences
and
gksu "deja-dup --backup"
to backup my data, including files that have root-only permissions on them.
Both of the two ways lead ...
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Simple Backup App appears twice in Dashboard
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 and wanted to set up a backup and restore program. Deja Dup repeatedly fails to work so I installed Simple Backup. This seems to work but the app is shown twice in Dashboard, ...
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rsync remove old backup on remote PC
Good day
I use this script to backup my home PC to remote PC
#!/bin/bash
#Todays date in ISO-8601 format:
DAY0=`date -I`
#Yesterdays date in ISO-8601 format:
DAY1=`date -I -d "1 day ago"`
#The ...
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Restore dual boot disk with clonezilla & grub repair
I have a dual boot system with first Windows Vista installed (ntfs partition) and then Ubuntu 12.04 (ext4 partition). I take full back up of it with clonezilla live, with full disk image.
disk ...
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Creating Ubuntu partition image [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Best way to clone an installation (copying to identical hardware)
Best way to backup all settings, list of installed packages, tweaks, etc?
I've finally FINALLY set up ...
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accidentally deleted *some* of /var, but have an old backup, how can I fix this?
I'm on 12.04LTS.
I had an old OS disk mounted at /media/backup/, and I was converting it to use as a backup disk. I accidentally ran sudo rm -rf /var/ rather than sudo rm -rf var/, and deleted some ...
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duplicate truecrypt drive
How would I go about duplicating a truecrypt hard drive for redundancy purposes?
I have lots of original video content, which I store on encrypted drives. And wanted to know the best way to create ...
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Error ¨Sheduled backup delayed¨ even though network is available
I get this message every time I bootup the machine
Schedule Backup delayed
Backup will begin when a network connection becomes available
The network is working fine and I can use the internet, also ...
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Nepomuk 2.7KB back up
Like it says in the the title Nepomuk made a 2.7Kb file of backup why is that?I know that shouldnt be the size of a backup file.
Im using kubuntu 12.04 and i need to backup my system files cause im ...
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How do I backup system properly?
How do I backup my system so that if I do backup today, tomorrow when I recover it it's totally the same as yesterday?
I mostly care bout system itself, programs and documents are not that important ...
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How migrate my keyring (containing ssh passprases, nautilus remote filesystem, pgp passwords) and network manager connections?
I changed the disk on my laptop and installed Ubuntu on the new disk. Old disk had 12.04 upgraded to 12.10 on it. Now I want to copy my old keyring with WiFi passwords, ftp passwords for nautilus ...
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Best solution for sharing External HDD
Describing the problem:
Computer A: dual boot Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows7
Computer B: Windows7
External HDD C: on USB, NTFS formated
From computer A I want to make regular back-ups in Ubuntu with ...
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After I backed up my ubuntu 12.04, my system crashed [closed]
Outline:
I use the way shown on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087 to backup my linux system, but somehow when I restore it, it crashes.
Problem Description:
When I reboot, there's an ...
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optimum slice size for backing up data to DVD
How big should a slice be for a DVD, assuming that the file system restricts the size?
Referencing:
http://ubuntu.5.n6.nabble.com/DVD-file-size-td4572772.html
should slices be 1GB or so? What's an ...
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Backup and Restore Non-WindowSystem Packages Only
Sometimes it so happens that I want to back up a packages list in Ubuntu and restore it in Kubuntu or Xubuntu. Most applications that I use (deadbeef, SublimeText, AcetoneISO, skype, FileZilla, ...
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The best practice to backup a system
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my Virtual Machine[VirtualBox] and I want to do some modifications in it. But I can't predict how it can influence on my system. What it the best practice to backup ...
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how to burn cd with the CD/DVD creator
Is there some trick to burning a cd with the CD/DVD creator?
I'm installing k3b because that's a known entity. What is this, and where is the "burn" button? Help just tells me this is Nautilus ...
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Evolution configuration [closed]
Contacts and Calender are blank. Can I uninstall Evolution and re-install without losing Mail folders, Contacts and Calender? Maybe I will find them by fixing configuration.
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Cannot backup Evolution folders
After using Ubuntu since 5.04 I upgraded to 12.04 5 days ago . Then the .evolution folder showed only an empty Tasks folder.
I need to save my mail folder contents (hundreds of emails) but only get ...
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What is the best backup program to use for ubuntu 12.04 for real time backup?! for scheduled backup? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Comparison of backup tools
which backup tool is the best for realtime backup in ubuntu 12.04...
Also which backup tool is the best for scheduled backup in ubuntu 12.04 ...
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Selective file restore for 12.04
I created a backup of my old 12.04 installation before the computer died. I have a new computer and wish to get some files from that backup [on a local usb connected drive].
How do I get to select ...
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What folders to restore from backup?
My old computer, with Ubuntu 10.04, crashed, and I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a new computer. Luckily, I have a full backup of my previous file system. However, I don't know what folders exactly I need ...
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How to remove XP and install Ubuntu
I'm writing this for my friend, because he asked me 'cause my english is better than his. He wants to remove xp from his system, and install ubuntu 12.04. He has a lot of data which he would like to ...
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Backup Failed - Got Status Code 500
My automatic backup hasn't worked for a couple of days now. Everything was just peachy and I'm not sure what went wrong. The message just says:
Backup Failed
Got status code 500
No further ...
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Ubuntu One cloud issue
I use Ubuntu One with my 12.04 LTS.
Say, one of my folder is uploaded to the cloud, then I make some clean up operations by deleting and moving some files (in the local folder).
But when the folder ...
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How do I move (copy) my entire Ubuntu system to a different hard disk?
The HDD I have my Ubuntu installed is about to fail. I would rather not lose 3 years worth of data, customisation and apps. I am looking for a way to move the complete system (SWAP included, because ...
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Is it possible to use Back in Time with Ubuntu One without storing the back up files locally?
I use Deja Dup as my back up tool. Love its simplicity and the fact that I can store my back up directly on my Ubuntu One account.
Now I really like the flexibility of Back in Time, but I can not find ...
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How do I enable Nepumuk on Lubuntu? - “the nepomuk backup service does not seem to be running”
I want to start backing up my Lubuntu 12.04 machine (on an HP Netbook) using the built-in Nepomuk service. It was recently upgraded from 11.10 and I dimly remember having the same problem a few months ...
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Will deja dup or any other backup program work with Charter Cloud Drive?
Charter Communications offers their own cloud drive backup service for their customers. Since it is unlimited disk space, I am considering using it.
Does deja dup or any other backup solution ...
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Where does Deja-dup keep its config files?
Deja-dup (now Ubuntu Backup) is just a GUI for duplicity, therefore it should store the config files somewhere. I would like to changed the backup volume size to something like 300MB and the increase ...
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Default themes are gone, windows look ugly
I have recently made an upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04. Everything went fine, except the theme I used to have, Hope-DT, was having the fonts coloured white.
So, yesterday, trying to find an updated ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 and Virgin Media Backup & Storage
Does anyone know how to get Virgin Media's (UK) Backup & Storage application to work (via Wine) in ubuntu 12.04?
I had it working perfectly well in Ubuntu 11.10 but since upgrading to 12.04 the ...
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The best backup tool? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Comparison of backup tools
I use Ubuntu 11.10 and I was wondering which backup tool is the best at the moment. I do not need some lightweight, but a very robust and ...
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Backup of Wubi installation
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 with Wubi on Windows 7 32 bit. I want to do a backup of my whole installation of Wubi (all the files, configurations and programs I installed), so in case of something ...
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Backup/Migrate all fonts from 11.10 to 12.04 (all locations)
I don't know whether this is correct, but I seem to recall that there are multiple places to store fonts, especially with true type stuff, and multiple ways to install them (some I double click, some ...
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how do I stop automysqlbackup throwing LOCK TABLES error?
How to stop automysqlbackup's cron.daily script -- as installed and configured from apt-get install automysqlbackup -- throwing the following error:
mysqldump: Got error: 1142: SELECT,LOCK TABL ...
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Deja-dup: Invalid data - SHA1 hash mismatch for file
I have backed up my data with deja-dup utility and made clean install of 12.04.
But when I tried to restore the back up I got this error:
invalid data - SHA1 hash mismatch for file:
...
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failing to boot after ''succesfully'' restoring from deja dup backup
Before upgrading to 12.04, I completely backed up 11.10 oneiric with deja-dup. In 12.04 I had major nvidia-related problems, so I decided to roll back to 11.10.
I tried to restore from the backup and ...
