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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Cannot find my Déjà Dup Backup Tool
hi I am trying to back my home directory up and I know that I have Déjà Dup Backup Tool installed but for some reason I cannot get to find it in order to back my files up. I don't want to remove it ...
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External USB HDD
How to fix External USB HDD:
Health 0%
Failure Predicted - Attribute: 5 Reallocated Sectors Count, Count of sectors moved to the spare area. Indicate problem with the disk surface or the read/write ...
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Confused! Rsync command for making hard-link!
rsync --archive --one-file-system --hard-links --human-readable --inplace --numeric-ids --link-dest=/home/www.example.com/public_html/ /home/www.example.com/public_html/ /home/test.example.com/...
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Restore Ubuntu using Systemback SBLive file
I need to restore my Ubuntu OS to an earlier time period. I have been suing Systemback to save backups of my system periodically. The problem is that .sblive files are created instead of the .iso ...
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Clonezilla image size smaller than expected
I just used Clonezilla for the first time today. It seemed to go well, but the resulting image is smaller than I expected.
The parition that I wanted to clone has about 21GB of space used on it, yet ...
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How to backup/restore system custom keyboard shortcuts?
Is it possible to backup the custom keyboard shortcuts and restore them when doing a fresh install?
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How to backup Kubuntu 15.04 config/settings?
I would like to backup all my settings for the plasma desktop, dolphin, kate etc. I am working with kubuntu 15.04. How can I do this?
Reason is: just a few moments ago my plasmashell crashed (black ...
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how to do an on-change one-way sync/backup between folders on primary drive to secondary drive?
I have two HDs in my machine. All of Ubuntu is installed on the main drive. The 2nd HD is empty and is for backup purposes. I want to configure a one-way sync/backup of /home/* to the 2nd HD.
I know ...
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ubuntu server won't boot after restoring backup
I have created a backup of my server using the following command:
tar -cvzf ~/clone.tgz --exclude ~/clone.tgz /etc /home /opt /tmp /usr /var
Then I want to restore this backup to another server (...
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Bacula Device "FileStorage" requested by DIR could not be opened or does not exist
i am trying to setup bacula to remotely backup my machine.
My Configuration looks like this:
Job {
Name = "LocalBackup"
JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
}
Job {
Name = "RemoteBackup"
JobDefs = "...
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To backup /home or entire system
I was doing some reading about how to backup and I kept running across people who say to just backup the /home/ folder instead of the whole system. I just don't understand the thinking here because ...
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Unable to backup two files [duplicate]
I'm new to Linux (Ubuntu 14.04) and did my first backup today, using the backup program that comes with the distro.
After the backup was finished, there was a message that the following two files ...
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How to properly handle backing up a partition? [closed]
I have a computer running Ubuntu 14.04 partitioned like so:
/dev/sda1 --- FAT32 --- 476Mb/4,32Mb used --- boot
unallocated ----------- 1Mb
/dev/sda3 --- ext4 --- 112,27Gb/22,26Gb used --- mount point:...
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Create ISO installation from current Ubuntu Server installation
I have a kiosk running on Ubuntu server 14.04.3 and I would like to create an ISO file so when I want to create another kiosk all I will have to do is to install that ISO file and I'm done. To do that ...
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Save Ubuntu Backups in many locations
I would like to know if it's possible (or is planned to be possible) to be able to save the system backups in many locations. Let me explain my problem:
I have a disk with my photos and an exactly the ...
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Backing up system to USB drive
I intend to back up my Ubuntu system to a USB stick before attempting to dual boot it with Windows 7. There are a few things I want to know:
What file system should I use? Presently, the USB stick ...
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Rsync to exclude folder and include certain extensions
Creating a cron job for a nightly back-up. I have the code working in two permentations, but each does something I don't want it to do.
Here are the contents of my filter list:
- .*/
- $*
- ._*
-...
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Alternative to backup hdd with dd
I want to backup my os disk, I have several os and would love to dd my whole disk
dd if="/dev/sda" | gzip | split -b 1000MiB - "/media/.../backup/us.bin.gz."
but it takes to long and backups are to ...
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How to backup maas database
Is there any recommended way to backup/restore maasdb ? I tried simple dump, then reinstall and restore but i ended up with 2 clusters, one which was disconnected with nodes and one connected but with ...
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Does rsync verify file copies on local drives?
I use rsync to do incremental backup of the local ext3 HD in my laptop onto an ext4 HD connected through USB to the laptop. I assume that rsync treats both these HDs as local, so I'm wondering if ...
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Clone ubuntu server to another machine using Clonezilla
I am trying to clone an Ubuntu Server 14.04 installation on another machine because I don't want to do a fresh install.
I downloaded Clonezilla on the Ubuntu Server machine and followed the steps to ...
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How to back up to Dropbox
How do you perform backups to an external server like DropBox using the built in backups program in System Settings?
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Backup Trouble same drive mounted to / and /backups with RSYNC
So I'm getting a root partition as full after some errors. Here is what I'm seeing.
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb1 175G 175G 0 100% /
none ...
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How do I automate nightly disk imaging?
I do a lot of development work, and sometimes this means messing around with drivers, non-official packages, and boot settings.
I want to start automating nightly disk imaging so no matter what ...
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Restoring BackInTime snapshot to new computer - copy config and change host name hasn't worked
My new system has a different name than the previous one, and BackInTime doesn't recognize the snapshot files. I'm a novice user of Ubuntu.
I found the config file in the backup and copied it to Home/...
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how to use ".bak" file
I want to know how to use a backup file.
My friend changed some configuration in interface file but those setting doesn't work but the previous setting works.
He create a backup file interfaces.bak ...
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Rsync full backup --exclude option not working
I run the following command as sudo everything works fine:
rsync -aAXv --delete --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found",”/home/*/.thumbnails/*”,”/...
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USB hard drive appears multiple times in /media
My 2Tb Seagate backup drive is plugged into my laptop all the time. When I first plugged it in, it appeared as one drive in /media. Now, when I look in /media, it shows 4 drives entitled "Milford", "...
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Deja dup backup to external drive - metadata file not found in backup
This has happened a few times but I've left it and just manually backed up data files. This is a basic backup to an external hard drive. When Deja dup does the final step of validating the backup, it ...
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Create a Custom Distribution of Ubuntu 15.04 [duplicate]
I want to make a custom distribution of my Ubuntu 15.04 i recently upgraded from 14.04 installed and configured lots of software i need and i want to make an install-able iso with all the apps i ...
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Is it possible to backup Network Manager profiles?
Is it possible to backup NetworkManager created profiles and restore them after OS reinstalation?
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Secure and automatic backup with rsync
I sync files on a few different devices with a remote ssh server using rsync. The problem is that I sometimes forget to sync a device on which I've modified a file and this makes things complicated. ...
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Backing up Ubuntu to a hard drive [duplicate]
What is the best program for backing Ubuntu up to a hard drive?
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rsync flags for backing up /home/$USER/ [closed]
I am writing a basic script to backup some of the directories in $HOME. I started with the -aAV flags but wonder if I should include any more flags that are useful for backups. My current script is ...
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Can Rsync get incremental on files it hasn't touched yet?
I have an Ubuntu server which acts as a file server for a few Windows clients, using Samba. This server mirrors a couple of large directories to a support server using rsync. I need to replace the ...
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Backup all my files on external hard disk on Ubuntu using the tty-terminal
Is there a way to backup files from the tty terminal? I'm not able to start Ubuntu and none of the commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
work. I was getting ...
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cannot view partitions after rsync restore: how to backup better?
I have done a backup using rsync and restored the system as a test. All went well except that I cannot click on the partition listing in nautilus anymore. When I do it complains about "This location ...
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Ubuntu 15.04 Desktop disk mirroring
I have just installed Ubuntu in a dual boot system with Windows in my computer.
This is my disk configuration:
Disk /dev/sda: 931,5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * ...
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Ubuntu rescue mode mount and backup files
I'm logged into the Ubuntu Recovery mode to backup my files.
The output of sudo fdisk -l is
The output of parted --list is
The output of lsblk and mount | grep /dev/sd is
Could you help me ...
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rsync from local folder to mounted nfs share causes permission denied errors and nothing is copied
I have a home server that is sharing folders on the network using NFS.
I have mounted these folders on my computer, for example:
192.168.1.20:/mnt/raiddisk/john /mnt/john nfs auto,...
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I need help for shell script
I need help for shell script, this script on my pc works ubuntu 14.10 but on samba server machine ubuntu 14.04 is show me error: tar you may not specify more than one -acdtrux' option --delete or test-...
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Copy file from one ubuntu to another ubuntu
By using cron job I've successfully created a backup of mysql database on the Ubuntu. Below is the command under mysqldump.sh
/opt/lampp/bin/./mysqldump -u root database-name | gzip >/db-backup/"...
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How to create a snapshot of an encrypted btrfs @home subvolume?
We are using btrfs for its snapshot capabilities so we can backup user home directories. The user home directories are encrypted with encryptfs. We run
sudo btrfs subvolume snapshot /home /home/...
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Backup and restore the whole system multiple times
I am building a computer I am going to sell and need to make a restore system. I am running Ubuntu OEM install. What can I do so if it get restored multiple times. It still works.
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Run script on mount
I have an encrypted HDD for which I would like to run a backup script when it is mounted. I found some information on how to achieve this with upstart, but since Ubuntu 15.04 uses systemd this ...
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To ignore some files in backup of 16.04?
I have some data files of several GBs which I would not like to be included in backups.
I am using at the moment Deja Dup but later Systemback.
Systemback is making exact mirror images of the system....
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Can I use 'juju backup create' with the local provider when my primary user is not 'ubuntu'?
Vitals: HP DL380 g5; Ubuntu 14.04.2 trusty; Juju 1.24.0-trusty-amd64; local provider.
I'm trying to back up my juju configuration using 'juju backup create', but it's failing to log in to the ...
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Ubuntu Backup - how to backup to server
Good morning,
I am trying to setup my Ubuntu machine to backup to my Ubuntu server. When I goto backup, I cannot go into any of my none of my folders from the backup app to direct it to back up ...
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Permission for backup program
I'm new to Ubuntu and i have a problem and can't find an answer for it, so:
I'm using Windows + Ubuntu and i'm using a ext4 partition for storing my backup, BUT every time when i need to do some ...
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Service similar to Ubuntu One
Since the Ubuntu One service has been closed, is any new location or service is being provided by Ubuntu for backup?
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