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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I can't restore my files after a clean install, I get duplicity-full-signatures etc, and no .gpg
Ubuntu 23.04, new install. Lenovo Thinkpad. Intel i7 2Ghz
I'm trying to back up from the standard Ubuntu back up tool - the one with the image of a safe (Dejadup?). When I specify the backup ...
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Restore or mount whole drive image backup from dd
I had some weird behavior every night on my ubuntu server, where one of my NVME disks would stop working, and I'd get IO errors until I reboot, in which case everything would work fine.
The drive in ...
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BackUp failed "No such file or directory"
Using Déjà Dup Backups 42.9
A few months ago I changed the location of Duplicity backups to my local NAS ( smb://wdmycloud/xxxxx/ ) and it's been working fine until last week. But now I get - BackUp ...
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Including a specific file which is already `--exclude`d in the `tar` command line
I want to backup some directories using tar. However, there are some sub-directories that I want to skip.
So, my command line is something like this:
cd /
tar \
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Python error when running incremental duplicity backup to Backblaze B2
Running Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS on a VPS (Contabo), with Duplicity 0.8.21 and Python 3.10.12, and I am backing up to Backblaze B2. Full backups run fine, but I get Python errors when running an incremental ...
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Pre-defined users, can they be used to run processes [duplicate]
Can I ask what best practice is for using the pre-defined users on Ubuntu to run processes please?
Specifically is it ok to use the 'backup' user to run backup processes and assign it access to ...
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Create system backup of 23.04 with dd anno 2023?
After an excellent two days of troubleshooting and reinstalling ubuntu a couple of times I am looking for a way to save me time the next time I break my ubuntu installation.
I can read a lot online, ...
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File transfer speed over local network (WLAN) suddenly drops after while (Ubuntu 22.04)
I'm trying to back up multiple files (around 1000 of them, 40 GB all) over WLAN from one computer to another.
Both computers run on Ubuntu 22.04.
I've tried multiple ways of copying files.
Sharing ...
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Restoring Ubuntu Files to Windows 11
Got a new laptop for school, decided to try and learn to use Linux. That was all fun and good before I realized that it would be difficult to use for university for me. So, I backed up my files both ...
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fresh install 22.04 lts deja dup restore "no backup files found"
i have a confirmed backup of my old laptop image.
deja dup does recognise the backup hard-drive and folder on fresh install of 22.04 LTS on new laptop..
but the deja dup on new install says 'no ...
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Dirvish, include a path in backup, work around
Dirvish is explained in many places in internet. Here's one:
https://www.funtoo.org/Package:Dirvish_Backup
In the master.conf -file the path to exclude is written. But is there a neat way or a work ...
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Copy files from one folder to another
Rather new at Ubuntu so help would be greatly appreciated.
I need time copy basically this media/directoryA/directoryB/any file based on a certain .ext
Then I need to copy that back to music/directory ...
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Clone Ubuntu 20.04 on NAS
What are the steps to clone Ubuntu 20.04 to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, and how can I ensure a successful and reliable backup or deployable configuration for other systems?
At the moment, ...
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ubuntu back on google drive is too large
I created a backup for my ubuntu desktop I used my google drive for backup. I don't have any files on my system but the backup has take 5GB of space on my drive. is that how backup works? as I know ...
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Backups fail to NFS share using Deja Dup
I've been trying to set up backups using the Ubuntu Backups app (Deja Dup). The destination is an Asustor NAS running the NFS sharing service.
I can mount the share just fine using the command line (...
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Backup failed Another duplcity instance is already running with this archive directory in 22.04
I am using Ubunbut 22.04 with automatic backups scheduled through Déjà Dup. The PC is backed up to an external USB hard drive and I only plug in that hard drive when I see the Duplicity backup ...
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How do I backup my scanner?
Years ago I bought an Avision AW210 scanner because it was the only affordable scanner with a document feeder that was advertised as Linux compatible.
I couldn't get it working, and the company's tech ...
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Auto copy from any USB Stick to another directory
with the following instruction I have unfortunately my problems:
How can I automatically copy the content of a usb (flash) drive to another directory?
I want that any USB stick/USB hard disk, which is ...
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Will EXT4 offer better filesystem corruption protection than NTFS on Ubuntu?
Somehow I ended up with an external drive that only had Windows and Mac backup software on it. Nonetheless, I backed up data from my primary HD and the drive seemed to work fine until I had a power ...
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Formatting flashdrive to back up Ubuntu 20.04: "Not authorized to perform authorization (polkit authority not available and caller is not uid 0)
I got a linux desktop from a friend. It has Ubuntu 20.04 installed but I'm far from familiar with Linux and I want to run Fusion 360 which is a Windows software. I tried installing Lutris and Wine to ...
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Resize hard drive partition without losing data
I am stuck on Ubuntu with little knowledge. I want to go back to windows 7 but my hard drive has just one partition with all my data and Ubuntu on it. I have a bootable windows 7 stick. How do I get ...
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Workaround to change weekday of backup? (Deja Dup)
Question: Is it possible to manipulate the weekday and/or time that weekly backups occur with Deja Dup (Ubuntu's native backup system)?
Premise: I know that there is no official setting in the app, ...
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Create recovery partition to install, backup, restore and repair: multi Ubuntu versions, HBCD-PE-64 and multi Windows installation without usb drive
Create recovery partition to install, backup, restore and repair: multi Ubuntu versions, HBCD-PE-64 and multi Windows installation without usb drive
In this guide we will recognize how to use Ubuntu ...
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Permission denied (13) with rsync command
I am trying to make a script that will eventually go into crontab to execute every once in a while. I want to backup a directory from my HDD to my usb drive. Here is the script:
SOURCE_DIR="/...
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How can I have an rsync backup script do the backup only when the external drive is mounted?
I have an external SSD. Sometimes it's plugged in, sometimes not. I've gotten past the FSTAB issues of hanging on boot - all is good there. I have a script that uses RSYNC to back up my home drive ...
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bash selective and sequential backup
The original post was deleted because even though the bash/dash issue was resolved, primary backup objectives were not achieved/addressed:
Objectives: Designate partitions by number in order to ...
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Snapshot of Ubuntu 22.04 that I can restore in case of failure
I guess Ubuntu has no Reset option. Luckily, everything is fine on my Ubuntu 22.04. Wondering whether it is possible to create a snapshot of my Ubuntu which I can restore back to in case something ...
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Upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 TLS to the latest version
i have a teamspeak voice server and sinus bot running on my vps with ubuntu 20.04 TLS installed and i would like to upgrade to the latest version 22.04 or even 22.10.
Since i already configured both ...
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Bacula 13 upgrade on Ubuntu 23.04?
I've been running the community version of Bacula on Ubuntu for years from the default Ubuntu Universe repository taking whatever updates go with it. That leaves me at 9.6.7 on Ubuntu 23.04. There are ...
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Backup files : log for keeping track of successfully copied files and errors
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and I want to fresh install Ubuntu 22.04.
I have one partition and I want to copy the files that I have on my laptop on an external ssd.
While copying some files, I encountered ...
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How to use rsync to backup local folders to an external hard drive with hard links for unchanged files
I have two folders in my home directory that I need to backup to an external hard drive. Each folder has some files that should be excluded from the backup, and I have a file named "backup-...
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Google drive backup failed
Failed with an unknown error.
Getting this while try to back up my files on ubuntu. I tried sudo nano /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/duplicity/globals.py^C
and changed run time from 30 to 200. But ...
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External usb device not seen by deja-dup
I have an issue with an external USB backup device (ext4) that has been declared in the FSTAB, and is mounted ok. I get the message 'waiting for Music Backup to be connected' when I try and use deja-...
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Corrupted TAR archive
I'm reinstalling my pc and I made a TAR archive to backup my home folder (~22GO when compressed). When I reinstalled my system, I tried to extract the archive. It goes well until it says
tar: Skipping ...
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Deja Dup Always Says "Create My First Backup" After Restoring Instead of "Backup Now"
When I restore a backup, the next time I try to make a backup, all of my backup settings are gone and Deja Dup only gives the options to "Create My First Backup", or to restore. But this isn'...
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Ive accidentally clicked restore current snapshot, can I cancel this?
I have accidentally clicked 'restore current snapshot' 'ok' instead of closing my last ubuntu session. I closed it immediateley without letting it load and have not opened the VM again but can see its ...
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Backup-files missing
As I want to upgrade my Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04, I made a Backup of my /home with DejaDup.
When it finished, appeared the window I share below.
I want to know if I can proceed with upgrade or first have ...
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LS in directory does not return in certain directories
I've got a Duplicati installation pushing to a remote SSH server. This server has a FUSE connection to Mega (I know duplicati has Mega support, but Duplicati stores the password in plain text and Mega ...
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Rsync ssh dest folder bigger than source folder
I want to do a backup of all my files from my linux computer to a ssh server. I used rsync with :
rsync -rl source dest
But now the dest folder (which was empty before) is larger than the source. ...
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Accidentally removed /var folder then turned off
I did something even dumber than this post, which accidentally removed the /var folder. I then turned off the computer. Now, I can't turn back in. When booting, it stays blocked at
/var/lib/snaps/...
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Unable to Backup Data restored to Google Drive via "Backups" Application. Please help to get my data RESTORED
When I got to know that Ubuntu 23.04 was out, I wanted to try it. I don't know why but previously while I was using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, I had opted to get notifications for future releases of builds, ...
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Can I create a OS iso image with current state on server ubuntu22.04?
I have been working on Ubuntu for a while and I was wondering if there is a way to create an image (ISO) of the current system with all its software and files, basically something very similar to what ...
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Timeshift does not keep the snapshots
I have trouble to keep my snapshots created by Timeshift. I want to keep my snapshots in case I break the OS and I need to restore it. I am running Ubuntu since almost 3 months already and I don't ...
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How to limit tar process to not utilize IO at max?
So I have a server where I have important processes running 24/7, and once per day I run a backup of a specific folder like this:
time tar cf ${HOME}/${SNAP_NAME} -C ${DATA_PATH} . &>>${...
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how to restore lost sessions, bookmarks and history in Chromium
I'm using Ubuntu 22.04LTS. I've had problems with chromium giving "not responding errors" and freezing up, and greying out. Even only 1 tab open caused the problem. I tried uninstalling and ...
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Rclone and S3 SPaces: How to remove files older than X from my remote s3 space?
I'm learning to use rclone in order to create backups for my application, I store these backups into my DigitalOcean Space (S3), this is the line I use to backup my sql database.
rclone copy "${...
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TimeShift: Revert the system after installing a new OS
I am planning to switch my only computer to Fedora. In case, the new system doesn't work for me or exhibits serious issues, I would like to revert the system back to my currently installed one, ...
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What is the correct way to not be using the home directory during a backup of it?
So I obviously shouldn't just run rsync backing up /home while I'm plainly logged in, as the state of settings files could be inconsistent or whatever else, since /home is being used.
One solution is ...
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How To Create and Backup a Bootable System Image of Ubuntu Server 22.04
Objective:
I am trying to back up my unmanaged VPS to remote cloud storage
(Google Drive or Storj) by creating a system image so that if my VPS is wiped in a disastrous event. I can restore ...
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how to determine deja dup error source
I'm trying to restore a backup on Ubuntu 22.04 5.19.0-38-generic.
Did a backup of the home folder onto a HDD which is now supposed to be restored to the home folder after a reinstall.
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