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 do a 1:1 copy of a Windows HD [migrated]
I have a Windows 7 installation on a separate HDD, since installing Windows takes at least half a day on my machine do to the fact that I have to install a big list of drivers, I would like to do an ...
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How to backup and restore Firefox bookmarks from command line?
Is there an easy way to backup Firefox bookmarks to a file with command line. Running a find command, I managed to find this file: ...
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Backup Virtualbox Windows 7
I'm experiencing some problems with my current installation of Ubuntu 13.04. Is there a way to back up my current Virtualbox Windows 7 VM so when I cleanly install Ubuntu again I can just import the ...
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Dejadup backup from FUSE-mounted directory (13.04)
I am trying to use DejaDup (via the Ubuntu backup tool) to back up a FUSE-mounted directory (encfs mounted under home directory) to my NAS via SSH.
DejaDup backs up all other folders in my backup set ...
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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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how can I stop Back In Time from using up all my inodes?
I started using Back In Time about a month ago and have it set to back up my "work" folder hourly. All went fine, until today when (after quite a bit of WTF on my part) I found that it had eaten up ...
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Is it safe to rollback Wubi without fresh Wubi install?
I've installed Ubuntu 12.10, then I made a backup from root.disk file. I decided to change from Ubuntu to Xubuntu. So I downloaded Xubuntu 12.10 ISO image and reinstalled Wubi.
In case I'm want to ...
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Comparison of backup tools
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How to read data from an old mypassport for mac back up I made using lubuntu 12.10
The folders and files are on an external western digital hard drive and it is only showing as text files and (i.e) they are not being recognised, so can't be opened. (unless you count a blank leafpad ...
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Is it possible to use Amazon Glacier as backup target for CloneZilla?
If I boot up a system with the CloneZilla LiveCD, is it possible to create a image of an entire disk and upload it to Amazon Glacier?
Edit:
Maybe my question could be misunderstood. I know that it is ...
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How can I backup the whole system status (not documents)?
I want to backup my system status, like
Installed Packeges
What's on my sidebar
Grub Settings
Kernel...
in order to restore it in case of system crash.
I don't care about my document, music, ...
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How can I backup server while it is running?
I am using debian and ubuntu on my vpses. How can I backup my vpses while they are running? And how can I restore on any emergency?
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How to back up a 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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Crontab not running a script
I have set my crontab to run 2 script.
the first script is not running.
I set up on the crontab -e not sudo crontab -e
The error i have is this
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Recommended total system backup solution
I already searched a bit around the answers here, but nothing satisfied me.
I want a back-up solution that makes a total back-up, so that I can restore my Ubuntu system in case of major failures, like ...
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Deja Dup (Backup) Not Ignoring Folders
The built in backup application on a fresh installation of Ubuntu 13.04 works great. I have it set to encrypt my files and upload them via SSH to an offsite file server.
However, not wanting to ...
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PlayonLinux error : Hidden files not hidden? (duplicate files are created that start with ~$)
I use PlayOnLinux to run Microsoft office and excel in Ubuntu 12.04 . For some reason, for every file I save there is a duplicate file name created in the same folder that starts with ~$ . This is ...
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How to copy folders thru terminal [duplicate]
I want to copy all my hard disk on /dev/sda1 to my external hard disk on /dev/sdb1
but thru terminal because when i'm using Nautilus the computer freezes donno why
i read this article but it explains ...
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How do I remove .deb files of UNINSTALLED PACKAGES from the apt cache? [duplicate]
I am an Ubuntu newbie. I have just installed Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit on my machine. And from the very start I like the experience Ubuntu is giving me.
I have learned some basic tasks like installing and ...
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Rsync behavior in a cron script
I have an nfs device that creates checkpoint (backups) everyday. I want to use Rsync to copy these checkpoints to another device (Drobo connected via iSCSI). So I've run the script on a single nfs ...
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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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Going back to a previous Ubuntu state
15 years ago GoBack came out which let Windows users revert changes and restore a computer to a previous state. It did this by imposing a journaling system underneath the OS - at the block level, not ...
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Best system backup solution for ubuntu 12.10?
I was windows user for a long time and recently switched to Ubuntu. I was using acronis to continuously backup my system on windows. My HDD structure looke like that
As you see my /home is already ...
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Do Custom Recoveries (like in Android) exist for Ubuntu? [duplicate]
While I'm new to Ubuntu, I'm not quite new to Linux.
I've been using Android phones since 2010 and I've been loving them. A great feature in Android phones is that you can install custom recoveries. ...
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deja-dup fails to restore home directory
I backed up my home directory with deja-dup, installed Ubuntu 13.04, and attempted to restore the files, but after chosing the date of the backup to restore and chosing the location where to put the ...
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Backup Monitor - is it necessary at Startup?
What is Backup Monitor about? May I uncheck it in Startup list?
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Restoring settings and packages to clean install
I recently backed up my entire filesystem to a network drive in order to allow me to delete the Ubuntu partition, move the partition on the disk and reinstall.
I then attempted to copy all of the ...
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How do I create a restore disk?
I'm new to ubuntu and reinstalled 11.04 atleast 10 times already. Each time I reconfigure all my settings and end up breaking something. It is really annoying and would be much easier if I can save ...
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Battery backup decreased drastically
mine is a HP pavillion Dv6-6015tx laptop. I dual boot windows 7 and ubuntu 13.04. One glaring problem i have found with ubuntu 13.04 is that it gives me a battery backup of less than an hour. ...
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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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How to exclude files in rsync?
I'm using ubuntu server 12.04, now I want to backup some files using rsync, here is a try:
rsync -aAX $HOME/Documents/* $HOME/Backups/TEST --exclude={$HOME/Documents/another/*,$HOME/Documents/temp/*} ...
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Is there a way I can transfer all my web sites on localhost to a new computer?
I have a whole set of web sites on my Ubuntu computer that I use for testing and development. I don't host them on the internet, I just access them locally for design and debugging.
Each one is built ...
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Can I sync a folder once a day rather than immediately
I want to use it to do a nightly "backup" of files from a computer where the files will change several times a day but only want to backup once a night.
Is this possible?
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Failed backup after upgrade
No backup since upgrade to 13.04. I get: Giving up on request after 5 attempts, last status 400 Bad Request
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How to backup Ubuntu partition via Windows?
I wanted to make a backup of my Ubuntu (12.04) partition before upgrading to 13.04, but I've come up against a snag. None of the tools I can find can make an image of the currently-mounted drive - ...
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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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Deja-Dup says out of space though supposed to clear out older backups
Deja-Dup backup failed due to out of space condition on backup disk. It is indeed full, but I see many entries older than 1 month even though in the backup settings I indicate to keep backups for "at ...
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How to backup all system settings in ubuntu 13.04?
I'm new with ubuntu and I'm experimenting a lot. I have custom keyboard layouts, some hard to find drivers, some modifications to the unity environment, etc.
Now I'd like to try xfce, but I am ...
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Déjà Dup over SSH - where to enter my login credentials?
I'm trying to make a backup of my folder in my ubuntu 12.10.
I'm using BackUp in system setting using ssh, it can go through preparation file to backup.
but then failed. cannot have permission to ...
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Is there any way to take my current setup and put it on a live disk, then install it to another machine?
A tutorial or specific directions would be great.
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Backup for ubuntu 12.04 NOT Deja Dup
I am interested in a backup solution (alternative to Deja Dup, as I do not like its characteristics) My requirements:
R-SYNC or Differential
Backup to FTP server
Store files as-is (if file name is ...
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How can I recover after Kate crashes?
I use Kate for coding and note-taking. Sometimes it crashes - often when I've got a lot open - and unsaved 'real' documents (eg, ones backed by files, that have been saved at some point) usually have ...
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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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Why Ubuntu 13.04 doesn't recognize my external HDD?
I just installed Ubuntu 13.04, a clean installation, and everything seems to be running OK, at least in the last 2 hours that I have tried except for one thing... when i tried to restore my data from ...
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Can Gedit also backup files like “Untitled Document 1”?
GEdit can make backups of files that have already been saved once.
But can it make backups of files that I have just created, and not saved yet?
Those files are typically shown as "Untitled Document ...
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Easy painless backup of server?
I've recently started playing around with ubuntu server, trying out everything I can imagine. Along the way I've made some mistakes, poor choices and installed some crap that ill never need.
My ...
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Deja Dup backup, change use of /tmp to another folder/location
As the title suggests, I'd like to force Deja Dup to use a folder other than /tmp.
My backups fail due to size size restrictions, see bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/1033552
Any help ...
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Why does Déjà Dup say there is no space left?
I'm trying to backup my home directory (excluding a few folders). The backup is saved on a ~300 GB partition (called backups) of an internal drive, but not the same drive as the home directory. When I ...
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“Back-up location not available”
I have been successfully backing up to a 16GB USB 2.0 removable disk.
Now I get a message from Backup saying "Back-up location not available". Detailed message is Waiting for USB DISK 2.0: Backup to ...
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Backing up NAS to NAS
I am pretty new to Ubuntu. I have yet to really use it's full functionality (ie command lines). I'm using an older laptop to set it up to run as a media server using Plex. I was hoping to use it to ...
