Duplicity is a program for making encrypted bandwidth-efficient backups.
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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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Why is deja backup / duplicity so fast?
I compared Deja backup/duplicity to Time Machine on similar hardware and Deja/duplicity is at least an order of magnitude faster. On same hardware an 100 MB incremental backup on Time Machine required ...
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Adjust timeout settings on ubuntu backup (dejadup)
I use deja-dup front-end (default backup application in Ubuntu since 12.04 or so?) to execute a remote backup. Recently, the backup seems to run fine, transferring files successfully to the remote ...
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Why do I get an “Operation not permitted” error when running duplicity as sudo?
Currently I'm backing up my /home/ folder to a usb mounted on /media/liamzebedee/X using duplicity. When I go to restore the folder to the USB however (using sudo), I get the error -
Error ...
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Deja Dup resolves host name incorrectly, adds ISP hostname
PROBLEM:
I backup to an SSH server via Deja Dup. Recently I am recieving warnings that: my backups are for a computer called my_actual_hostname but the current computer is my_hostname.hawaii.rr.com.
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How can I see which set of backups Déjà-Dup has already saved?
I've been using Déjà-dup for a while with good moments and bad moments (backup failed to complete for some unknown reason, there is already a bug report for this).
So, I would like to check which ...
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Can I delete incremental backups made with Déjà Dup?
After using Déjà Dup for a while, I keep getting this error after every attempt at a backup:
Backup location is too small. Try using one with more space.
Could I delete some backups made of ...
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If I use DejaDup to backup to alternating destinations, will its incremental features still work?
The use case is this: I have two USB hard drives. Suppose one lives off-site, and another I keep at my desk. It's likely that one disk will get daily backups, the other weekly or monthly.
If I ...
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restoring backups with duplicity
I backed up my /Home folder to an external hard drive and now I'm trying to restore it on a fresh install. When I try to restore with Deja Dup, it takes about 15 seconds then says it was successful. ...
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Backup no longer working
Since upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10 backups no longer work (using the default Deja-Dup Backup tool). I always get the message: No space left in ‘/’. (which is NOT the path I backup to).
The preferences ...
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How do I restore Déjà Dup backups without Déjà Dup?
So I'm trying to restore my backup files with Déjà Dup, however, each time I enter in the correct password, it keeps asking for it over and over again.
This seems to be a bug, and I have found a ...
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How will Deja-Dup's performance vary with the type of the target?
This is a follow-up to this question.
I have the possibility to use rsync, ftp, cifs or ftp for my remote backups, provided I can get them to work with the duplicity command line, of course.
Will ...
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Using duplicity directly, is it possible to have multiple backup plans?
If I understand correctly, duplicity is the command line tool for creating backups and can be used stand-alone (i.e. no DejaDup involved) for creating backups.
Is it possible to set up multiple ...
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Duplicity Errno21 when restoring from external HD
I've just needed to reinstall Ubuntu due to some graphics driver error, but before doing it I backup whole home directory onto an external HD.
Now when trying to restore it with deja-dup I get info ...
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Backup with duplicity on Google Cloud Storage
I have already set a backup routine that backups all my files to Amazon S3 using duplicity. I would like to create a similar backup routine with Google Cloud Storage. Is it possible to get duplicity ...
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Why doesn't duply work when set as a cron job?
I have a problem with a cron job which starts but doesn't complete. Running the command manually works fine. I already read the page about cron issues and solutions here on AskUbuntu, tried the ...
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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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Which duplicity files to backup before HDD format and 12.04 reinstall
I have an ubuntu 12.04 box and the update from 11.10 did not go that well, so that I am thinking of formatting and reinstalling.
I use Deja Dup (Ubuntu Backup) to backup a 14gb directory X to amazon ...
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How to exclude all hidden files and folders from duplicity backup
How can I set duplicity to exclude all hidden files and folders from backing them up, without specifying each and every one of them?
Thank you
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Deja Backup to Amazon S3 text-only possible?
I have an old laptop which a defect graphics card so that I can run only ubuntu text only. Is it possible to run deja backup from command line to backup to Amazons S3?
Thanks a lot
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Duplicity can't connect to CloudFiles “Network is unreachable” [closed]
Whenever I click "Backup now" in the Backup GUI, the smaller "Back Up" window opends, and after a while I get the following error message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
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How do I prevent Duplicity from looking at every file in parent folders?
When running the next command, I get errors about accessing certain files or directories (like /root) for which Duplicity does not have sufficient permissions:
duplicity --dry-run ...
