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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"Backups" app missing after Ubuntu 22.04 Minimal install. How to install it now?
I did a Minimal install of Windows 10 followed by Ubuntu 22.04 a week or two ago. Now discovering "Backups" isn't listed in my Ubuntu Apps -- yes, even in the utilities folder.
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Get pCloud to backup hidden files
I've got the pCloud app for backups, but it excludes all hidden files, some of which, like my key chain, I really want to make sure are backed up.
Can I do this with the GUI app? If not, can I use ...
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Yubikey Two-factor Authentication Encryption via LUKS - Spare Yubikeys how to create an additional key
My main question is how to create an additional key (instructions Yubikey Two-factor Authentication Full-disk Encryption via LUKS ) to use if I lost the key. Should I create an additional new code on ...
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Disk Permissions, exFat, ext4, ntfs, linux and windows (yes, all that!)
I have been trying to setup two linux users to be allowed to delete files on a drive that has been formatted to exFat for now.
I have:
a main pc running on Windows - it's also a backup pc
a ...
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Flashing multiple partitions onto an SD card
I have two partitions for an sd card that I have used the dd utility to extract into .img files. Now I would like to flash these partitions onto an sd card with a larger capacity. How do I flash 2 ...
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How do I backup all Gnome Tweaks configuration? [duplicate]
I am about to upgrate from 17.10 to 18.04 but I'm afraid to lose all my Gnome desktop preferences in the process (always been using Unity until 17.10).
I made many changes through "Gnome Tweak tool" ...
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Ubuntu ZFS - backing up whole system before upgrading to 22.04?
I have Ubuntu 20.04 with ZFS installed and I want to upgrade to 22.04.
I would very much like to avoid breaking my system, because it's important enough for it to keep running. My data is already ...
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Which directories should I exclude in a backup if I want to return to an earlier version of Ubuntu
I am currently running Ubuntu Studio 22.10. I am going to replace my HDD with and SDD. At the same time, I want to return to Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS. I recognize that I may not be able to open some ...
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18.04, Deja Dup, backup to AWS S3 bucket
18.04 has a nag message about backups. I tried to configure it to backup to an AWS s3 bucket, as I'd done in 16.04.
The new Deja Dup UI doesn't show AWS S3 as an option in "Online Accounts"
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GPG - Bad Passphrase when using a signing key
I'm using duplicity (via duplicity-backup.sh https://github.com/zertrin/duplicity-backup.sh - no longer under development or supported, but it's a convenient wrapper for duplicity), which I've been ...
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What is the default 'backup' user for?
I am setting up multiple-machine backup plan and I was hoping to use a user called 'backup' on each machine as the backup destination.
My problem is, there is already a user called 'backup' on my ...
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Proper Incremental Backup/cloning Solution for an Ubuntu 20.04 LEMP Server on Raspberry Pi (and turning clones into bootable ISO's on the fly)
BACKGROUND
I still consider myself sort of a noob when it comes to setting up server. So when answering this question, please give as much detail as possible in your answers.
ENVIRONMENT
I run a LEMP ...
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How to run a Iphone backup with idevicebackup2?
I try to do a backup of my Iphone SE iOS12.1.4. My Ubuntu version is Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS.
I want to use the idevicebackup tool but I think I do something wrong because nothing happens.....
this is the ...
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Bacula on 22.04
After my upgrade from 21.10 to 22.04 I find that there is no bacula-fd binary and also no package. The other two components director and sd are present and also have packages, but no fd. Bacula worked ...
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Just upgraded to 22.04, "Backups" from previous version keeps crashing
I recently used Backups to back up all my data from an older version of Ubuntu, then upgraded to 22.04 lts. There are some large folders within this back up and whenever I try to restore even one ...
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restart service daily at 4 am
I have a small minecraft server running in ubuntu 22.04.1.
Currently, ubuntu has the following service:
[Unit]
Description=Minecraft server
After=network.target
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User=drgadmin
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All USB drives give This Location Could Not Be Displayed after distro-upgrade and Aptik Restore
Yesterday, I installed a clean upgrade to 22.04 and restored my most recent backup using Aptik. Since then, whenever I try to view the contents of any connected USB drive in Nautilus, I get an error ...
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How To Create a Bootable Clone of boot disk
In my environment I have 2 MAC Minis, a Windows10 machine, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. On the MAC minis, I run SuperDuper to create a bootable clone on an external hard disk. Is it possible to do the same ...
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Where is "startup applications" user config file for disabled and enabled applications?
It is the gnome-session-properties command.
I know already the apps are at ~/.config/autostart.
I know there are files at /etc but those are root.
I found nothing at gconf-editor.
I need to know where ...
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Use rsync to backup .ecryptfs, but also use exclude some folders inside
I want to backup the /home/.ecryptfs folder on my machine using rsync. I don't want to back up the unencrypted files. However, I want to exclude certain folders. For example, music, downloads, or ...
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Most of customization disappeared, and home folder and partition files deleted during routine software update
A strange event during software update from inside "Discover" caused wiping of my custom profile and many personal files, both in my home folder and a separate partition.
I would like to try ...
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need help interpreting fdisk and gnome-disk-utility output
I am on a fresh Ubuntu Server 22.04 install and during install, I think I might have chosen a filesystem which I do not understand:
cat /etc/*release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.04
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How to get Linux live kit to work?
Does anyone know how to get Linux live kit to work on Ubuntu 20.04? I found a website that showed me how, but when I tried to build it, the file would not show up. I tried rebooting but it did nothing....
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CRASH /duplicity-full.20230105T083600Z.manifest /duplicity-full.20230105T083600Z.vol20.difftar.gz
I had a major crash of files shown above multiplying. could not get in laptop for days. running latest ubuntu jelly which not as satisfied with as 20.04. planning on running a virus scan.?
Any one ...
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Will ecryptfs-protected home partition backup be unreadeable after restoring it to a new ubuntu install?
I have a little problem here. I've just finished to set up my automatic backup system using Duplicity and Déja Dup. I backup my files to my server using SSH. After some testing, i've checked that I ...
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Make a backup of the installed packages on Ubuntu like Linux Mint
On the Linux mint you have a tool that list and save all your installed packages in a simple way. There is any way to do the same on Ubuntu/Xubuntu/Lubuntu/...?
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cronopete "enable-folder-backend" does not show up in dconf Editor in 20.04
I use a combination of Timeshift and Cronopete for backups. My desktop has some internal HDDs that are used for doing backups. The system is on a separate NVMe.
I was able to get this working for ...
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Backup and synchronizinf Gdrive
Since I am a control freak, I like to have a copy of my professional google drive (I don't keep any confidential file on it) on on my desktop and laptop that I update daily using FreeFileSync. I also ...
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mount hard drive from mac on ubuntu server
I have a 2011 macbook pro that's on it's last legs. so I tried taking the hard drive out and mounting it on my ubuntu server, so I could copy the contents of the hard drive to my ubuntu server. the ...
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How to back up my entire system?
If I want to make a backup of my entire OS (including but not just my home directory), how do I go about this?
Is it as simple as backing up everything in / and then when if I suffer a crash, just ...
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Back up Ubuntu 22.04 into Synology [duplicate]
I want to do a full backup of Ubuntu 22.04.01 on my DS218 Synology. I will like to do a full backup, with the possibility to have a single version or multiple versions. Also the most important is the ...
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How to restore a too large backup
I made a backup of my system using Déjà Dup, and have it stored on an external hard drive. Today the day finally came when I needed it. When I tried to restore all, Déjà Dup timed out. So I tried ...
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Help understanding rsync command
Can someone help me understand the following rsync command, totally new to using rsync.
rsync -av --progress --delete /exampledir/ [email protected]:/dir1/dir2/dir3/exampledir/
This command is in a ...
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rsync exclude option with file names with spaces
I have been trying to run rsync as follows;
rsync -av --exclude '/home/joe/VirtualBox*' /dst
where VirtualBox* denotes all files and directories under the directory 'VirtualBox VMs'
However, it does ...
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How to run remote crontabs?
We want to run a certain backup process via one server, basically like the following:
Server 1 runs a process that copies data from Server 2 to the backup location.
Is there a script that I can write ...
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Does "Erase disk and install Ubuntu" option delete/erase everything on the Hard-drive?
I'm just confused. I was a Windows user pretty much all my life. But now I want to switch to Linux for good. I have a 1 TB hard-drive attached to my laptop. As you know, in windows, the total hard-...
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How do I restore system with backups not timeshift?
I updated to the new version recently. Now I have no internet connections appearing (with Ethernet connected). And I am looking for a solution that uses the “backups” application. As I assumed that I’...
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unsuccessful backup to external drive
A long shot, but maybe... In Ubuntu 22.04, I tried to back up my files to an external drive before a clean OS install. I did it from the desktop, in three batches ("copy to..."), but now the ...
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Backup apps for Ubuntu 22.04
Does anyone know of a Ubuntu 22.04 app to automatically incrementally back up daily at a scheduled time to generate a bootable backup exterrnal drive?
ETTS Nod32 is no longer supported and in any case ...
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How can I mount a drive that does not want to mount?
I started off with previous versions of Lubuntu and settled on 14.10, using the box as a file server and/or torrent box. I upgraded from smaller to larger hard drives over time. The last hard disk ...
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Back up initial, unbooted drive
I just ordered one of those nifty mini-PCs (Minisforum UM690) which comes pre-loaded with Windows 11. I will be loading Unbuntu 22.10 on it... but I'm a little nervous about just overwriting that ...
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rsync creates an "intermediate" backup, how to delete it?
I use rsync to backup my personal files in an external drive, i.e. a SD card or an USB thumb, being careful to update any files and to avoid copying very large files, configuration files, or folders ...
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Automatic backups of MySQL database with Cronjob
I would like to backup my MySQL database with a cron job, but I cannot make it work.
This is the code that I am using:
0 2 * * * mysqldump -u root toko_db | gzip > /var/backup/toko_db_`date '+%Y-%m-...
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Restoring OS image after performing disk encryption
I have an Ubuntu 20.04 system which is already in use and requires to have its disk encrypted. I have reviewed some methods to perform encryption after installation. But the general suggestion has ...
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Can I make a bootable installation .iso file from my current PC state? [duplicate]
Is it possible to make an ISO of my current installation, flash it to a pendrive and use it as an installer for another PC? Will it have all my files and apps in it? Do I have to put an installer in ...
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thunderbird mail contacts backup
Do you know how I can back up my address book in Thunderbird mail. I want to be able to make a back up of my address book in case my computer crashes and I loose all my email contacts. I have managed ...
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How can I make an exact clone of my Ubuntu 22.04 partition for periodic backup and restoration and Is it possible using the included "Disks" Utility?
I have two drives setup as follows:
My goal is to boot into a Linux 22.04 install on the first drive pictured located on partition labelled "Admin-1", and use the "Disks" utility ...
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How can I dentify and delete superceded duplicity back up files?
I have numerous duplicity files in my Google Drive that appear to be chewing up storage, however each file is quite small. There are several variations of these files; duplicity-inc(remental?) ...
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How to backup Ubuntu settings for future use in case of Ubuntu Reinstall?
I have recently installed Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS and customized settings, installed some apps, etc for my personal use. These include CopyQ for the clipboard, VSCode for code editing, and also a number of ...
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