Questions tagged [backup]
Backup is the activity of copying files or databases so that they will be preserved in case of equipment failure or other catastrophe. This tag covers restoring from backup as well.
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How to backup entire disk for Ubuntu Server quickly and easily
I want to create an image of Ubuntu Server installation so that when I need to create a new server I can really quickly install the image on a new USB drive.
I was planning to use DD for this but my ...
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Backup packages from 12.04 and install it on 14.04 [duplicate]
hope that everyone is doing okay ,
I have a question , i want to know if it possible to install packages from 12.04 to 14.04 not all of them just a few (for exemple i want to transfer the packages ...
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Duplicity error while restoring
i'm trying to restore one folder by duplicity backup, but i always get this traceback error
i googled that all the morning but i solve it :(
i use this command duplicity -v9 --no-encryption --force -...
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Rsync copying excluded directories
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I am trying to make a very comprehensive backup of my Ubuntu system. I am running the following rsync command:
sudo rsync -aAEHSXxv --progress --delete --exclude={/home/sterlingbutters/...
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Run a linux partition on VirtualBox
On my computer, I had multiple partitions and operating systems.
/dev/sda1 -> recovery
/dev/sda2 -> linux
/dev/sda3 -> swap
/dev/sda4 -> windows
I made an image backup of the linux ...
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How to backup Startup Applications?
I have some programs I have added to the Startup-Applications list and they all work fine at start up.
I'd like to back up those entries but I cannot find them. I searched online and found that /etc/...
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Don't have permissions to copy some files using live USB
I tried installing "Gramps" software and it bricked my laptop.
I can boot but my Ubuntu Software icon is missing, my Files icon is missing, my wifi is disconnected. Pretty much, I can't do anything ...
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Rsync Exclude MP4's Using Wild Cards For Paths
I am wanting to exclude rendered videos (.mp4) from my rsync backups. However there are some .mp4's I need included in the backup. The difference is the path where the MP4's to be excluded are ...
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Permission denied error when I back up to an external drive using grsync [duplicate]
When I try to back up my home folder with grsync to an external drive
I'm getting this error
rsync: opendir "/home/jackie/.cache/dconf" failed: Permission denied (13)
Can anyone help? Not related ...
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Why can Déjà Dup not complete the backup of .cache/dconf and .gvfs?
I'm 24hrs into using Déjà Dup. All seems well apart from this error message:
Backup Finished
Could not back up the following files. Please make sure you are able
to open them.
/home/...
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tar: /: file changed as we read it tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
There are a bunch of duplicates of this question but none of them works for me.
I'm trying to make a back up of my ubuntu 16.04. web server on AWS.
Executing commands like so:
sudo su -
tar -...
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Automating file transfer using Bash scripts in SSH on my new server from old server [duplicate]
How can I connect to a remote host using SSH and create one Bash script to copy all files and folder from my old server to my new server for backup every day?
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Virtual Server with no Snappoint function: How do I make a full-backup of the running system?
So I'm currently experimenting with a couple of uni servers. All of them have no option of creating snappoints in the vSphere Client. So I'm left to search for a backup solution in case the ...
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After uninstalling bacula the services and files still remain
I installed bacula the other day but after some careful deliberation I concluded that it was a little robust and more than I needed for my backup needs.
So I went to remove the application with the ...
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Use SSH Public Key Login for Deja Dup
I have an encrypted hard drive mounted on a Raspberry Pi that I am using for backups on the local network. I have public key authentication set up for the Pi, so I can log in via SSH without a ...
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How to enable cloud providers for Déjà Dup on Ubuntu 17.10
I'm using deja-dup 36.3 on Ubuntu 17.10. trying to setup backup with deja-dup. It seems it supports lots of options but they are hidden:
For restore they are not hidden:
Digging deeper, I found this ...
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How do I move my LVM 524GB root partition to a new smaller 500GB SSD - and make a backup prior to the move onto an external HDD?
(running Ubuntu 17.10)
I am new to LVM. I am very familiar with GUID Partition Tables (GPT) and using GParted from a Boot-Disk.
I read somewhere that the big advantage using LVM is that one can ...
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How to create a restoration point in Ubuntu 17.10?
I would like to know if there is a possible way of configuring or creating a restoration point in Ubuntu 17.10?
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Do I need to log in to an Ubuntu system as root to make a complete backup?
This is a re-edit, because no one seems to want to answer the actual question.
To simplify: Will a non-root backup save everything? Do I have to log in as root to copy sbin, home, etc to a backup ...
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How to backup and restore system-level directories
I want to backup the directories as below:
/usr
/lib
/etc
/lib64
/boot
/sbin
/bin
Is there a simply to do so?
What I need is to backup these directories and I can restore them whenever I need.
I ...
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how to compress back up files to < 10GB
I recently backed up a shared drive between ubuntu and windows for fear that windows will corrupt the contents again. The Back up files by deja dup takes around 120GB of space. I then compressed it to ...
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Stop rsync when external drive disconnects
When external drive gets disconnected while rsync is doing its backup job to the external drive, rsync will continue to copy files to my local drive instead of interrupting the process, filling up the ...
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How can I revert a one-liner comand which changed some system kernels in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS without any backup and using only system logs?
I saw an answer to a similar question, https://askubuntu.com/a/280843/808169, only there is a gap. The answer was almost spot-on for my case, but didn't answer the question of how I could un-instal ...
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Updating Ubuntu/ Impact [closed]
Hi My wife's laptop is running Ubuntu 12.04LTS and looking to update to latest 16.04 LTS, I have created a startup USB with latest iso file + performed data backup of the account :-
1) Can the system ...
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Bootable USB from casper / PinguyBuilder backup
I am trying to make a bootable LiveUSB backup of my system. After getting into trouble with Systemback, I am trying PinguyBuilder. It seems nice, since it is a simple script that can be adapted.
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Will installing Ubuntu over pre-intalled windows remove the product key from the BIOS?
If it doesn't remove the product key can at any point of time I could get back to installing windows again if I wanted to?
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Is it possible to turn off Backup's "fresh backup" feature?
I use Ubuntu 14.04's built-in Backup utility (backed by deja dup) and use daily backups. Every so often (every couple of months) Backup insists that it create a "fresh backup" in case of "backup ...
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Back-in-time disk usage
I am using Back-in-time with encryption on a remote server (ext4 FS). I am aware that for an unencrypted backup, BiT uses hard links. Thus in nautilus, the folder size appears to be huge. The actual ...
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Is there graphical backup software that is not prone to consistency problems?
As per this answer to the question "Can I continue working when backup is in progress?," the default backup software in Ubuntu, Deja Dup, is prone to consistency issues when backing up. That is, if ...
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How large a backup can Duplicity handle?
I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for a Samba File Server, and the total Volume of Data is greater than 700GB.
Using the duplicity command I first took a full set data backup. But when I tried to use ...
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How to install Ubuntu One?
How do I install "Ubuntu One" on Ubuntu 16.04? Although it seems trivial but I couldn't find nowhere instructions? I want to backup my files on cloud using Ubuntu One service. Also when I open Deja-...
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duplicity gpg error
I have been using deja dup for backup for years now on this same computer. I recently upgraded my external hard drives that I use for backup, but successfully started doing incremental backups. After ...
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rsync and crontab
Hi I am trying to backup an ubuntu 16.04 server to a freeNAS backup server using rsync and crontab.
The command I am using for rsync is
sudo rsync --delete --delete-excluded -az /home/backups/ root@...
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How can I open .bak files from LibreOffice? [closed]
LibreOffice creates .bak files, but I cannot open them.
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Is it possible to create a bootable image of the current system and use it repair my system later?
I am trying to create a "rescue USB" of sorts. The plan is to back up (or clone) a current image of system (including all the packages and software that I have installed) on a 16 GB or a 32 GB USB ...
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How to restore backup with rsync
I made a backup of my home folder with this command:
rsync -avxP /home_folder_path /backup_folder_path
How exactly do I restore the backup? Would this command work?
rsync -avxP /backup_folder_path /...
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Copy Ubuntu partition onto third drive
I am runnging Ubuntu 17.10 on an HD at the moment. This was just a "test" but I am so pleased with Ubuntu I would like to make it my main environment and have it on SSD. I have then bought a 500GB SSD ...
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Generate the shortest possible apt-get install command to duplicate installation?
As part of a larger backup-restore scheme, I'm trying to get a concise list of an ubuntu 16.04 server's installed packages. I want the list to be as short as possible and potentially be useful even ...
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Backup tools for backup Linux and Windows systems with encryption [duplicate]
Deja Dup doesn't support full system encryption, only home directory.
rsync - I should make the backup, then archive the folder and then encrypt it. It's too long.
tar archive of the system - I should ...
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Can ZFS be setup for redundancy of my entire OS (Ubuntu 16) and data?
I'm planning to do redundancy backup for my office server running Ubuntu 14 and the ZFS option came up in my research. To my understanding, hardware raid (RAID1) creates a full clone (mirror) of my ...
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Deja Dup gives "Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character" when attempting to restore from backup
I've been backing up weekly with Deja Dup in 13.10. After making a fresh backup, I formatted the drive and installed the Ubuntu 14.04 beta. Now, when attempting to restore, Deja Dup asks twice for ...
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Is it possible to recover data from a partial tar.gz file?
I was uploading my backup tar.gz file over several sessions. With one session still to go, I thought I would take a break. That was the last time I was able to use that pc - dead HD. The original tar....
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Does Back In Time recognise moved and deleted files?
I'm looking for a full backup-solution currently and Back In Time seems to be a simple GUI-based program that is recommended a lot.
However, I'm not sure if Back In Time is the right solution for me....
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Efficient way to backup original laptop for warranty purposes?
I purchased a new HP laptop. I will wipe out Windows completely and install Ubuntu (not dual boot).
However, I want to be able to restore the disk to its original condition (boot + partitions + ...
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Deja Dup (default backup utility) fails to install necessary software
Before you can start using deja-dup, you have to click Install... in the Backups window, for deja-dup to "first install some necessary software".
When I click the Install... button, I get this error ...
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Can you install Deja-dup on a headless server?
Can I install a command line version of deja-dup backup utility on Ubuntu server?
I wish to restore a backup of my previous Home directory made with deja-dup.
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How to back up VPS to local machine every month automatically [duplicate]
I have a VPS Server with Ubuntu 16.04 Server from vultr.com.
I want to back up its content to my local machine (Ubuntu 16.04), this task has to be repeted every month automatically (database and ...
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rsync back error 23 on Thunderbird file
This is for ubuntu 16.04
I'm running grsync on my laptop directories for TB and others. Destination directory is on a WD MyBook NAS.
I've experienced no problems using TB, but the following rsync ...
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samba_backup script setup
I downloaded the corresponding script from the sources of my packaged samba version. But with the packaged samba installation, there is no /var/lib/samba/etc.
Am I right, that /etc/samba should be ...
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Backup Ubuntu settings
After reading the same question asked here at least hundred times I will ask it one more time :)
I need to backup everything, like .bashrc, regional settings, keyboard layouts, installed packages and ...
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