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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Cloning and restoring partitions using GParted
Using Ubuntu 22.04 (dual booting with Windows 10). Boot partition is UEFI (GPT) on an SSD drive.
I want to test some changes to the system (including upgrading to 24.04), but I want a "fail safe&...
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Convert current Ubuntu installation to VirtualBox or Live USB
Currently I'm running Ubuntu 23.10 and facing many problems so, after 4 years, I decided that it's time to do a fresh install on my machine. But I have so many settings, apps, files, vpns and other (...
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Backups deja-dup application issue
Ubuntu 22.04 Backups (deja-dup)
"waiting for 240 GB drive to connect"
What if I no longer have the USB drive. It won't allow me to backup this machine. I tried uninstalling / reinstalling ...
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How to install Déjà Dup Backups on Ubuntu 24.04 without snap?
Just installed Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. I can't find it in the Software App repository. However there is a Gnome App.
I don't like Snap or Flathub.
Any idea?
Thanks
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using gnome Disk utility to change ownership of ext hard drive
My old Ubuntu computer has crashed but I luckily made encrypted backup on an external hard drive using gnome
Disk utility. I have now a new computer with a shiny new Ubuntu 24.04 but when I try to ...
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How do I run a task on poweroff, but not on reboot, before a mount point is unmounted?
I have configured /etc/fstab to auto-mount an NFS share on startup;
I have also configured rsnapshot to backup some crucial system data (/home, /etc, ...) to the same NFS share by running rsnapshot -V ...
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Copying a specific 70GB directory from a backup makes the system crash while it is not crashing when copying other directories
I want to copy a 70GB directory from an exFat external hard drive formatted on a MacOS system to the internal harddrive of a linux Ubuntu LTS 24.04 system. Each time that I tried to transfer the file (...
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Installing Timeshift backup on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
How do I install the Timeshift Backup app on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, as it's not listed in the App Snap Store? I want to use the GUI version of the app.
In earlier versions of Ubuntu I believe it was shown ...
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Looking for a Reliable, Maintenance-Free Backup Solution for Ubuntu 24.04
I'm looking for recommendations on a reliable, easy-to-manage backup solution for my Ubuntu 24.04 system. My goal is to backup about 150GB of data, including files, images, and documents.
My data is ...
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What is the best tool to make an identical, possibly bit by bit copy of a Linux system SSD with all the partitions and boot menu etc.?
Kubuntu 22.04. I in the process of learning that not having a backup is a super bad idea.
The SSD I use to run the Linux system is this.
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 1.82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 ...
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DejaDup can't restore after fresh install, searches forever
Last week I backed up everything using Backups (DejaDup), then I swapped the old SSD for a new one and did a fresh installation of Ubuntu 24.04.
I've installed DejaDup and Duplicity. I just get a ...
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Umount before running service in systemd
I have a systemd unit service script which initiates borgmatic to do the procedure of backing up.
I would like to umount potentially virtually mounted archives of borgmatic in order to avoid error.
I'...
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Restore a single file with deja-dup in Ubuntu 20.04
I tried to restore a single file in Nautilus that I have accidentally overwritten. However, the context-menu entry to restore a (missing) file is no longer there. After some research I found, that the ...
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How can I disable this backup? Ubuntu 23.10
After turning on my system, a backup message appears
How can I disable this backup?
my OS : Ubuntu 23.10
kernel : 6.5.0-28-generic
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ubuntu cloud backup?
I want to back up a machine that sits in the HETZNER cloud
Once manually to have in case of disaster.
My website has 3 websites that are published in the world using WORDPRESS
Apparently I also need ...
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Rsync Compare-Dest Not Recognizing Wildcard
I am trying to use rysnc to do multi level incremental backup, however I am running into some issues. It seems as though rsync does not recognize wild cards in compare-dest. I run the following code
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Ubuntu Server OS ISO backup
I am new to the Ubuntu Server OS and I am running the latest version of it installed on a 500GB NVME drive. I have spent a lot of time building my OS. Therefore, I want to protect my work by ...
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Deja Dup restore backup fail with unkonow error
I back up all my files from my last Ubuntu 22.04 OS to my external SSD. I installed the new Ubuntu 22.04 and when I try to restore my files with Deja Dup it fails with an unknown error. In terminal, I ...
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Backup (Deja-dup / Duplicity) on 22.04 failed leaving Root volume at 100%
I've used the Backup utility (via Gnome) to backup drives. It has repeatedly failed through lack of space. I've given it more and more Swap space, but it has finally failed leaving working directories ...
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Is there any backup solution host machines that act like saving states in Virtual Machines?
I am looking for a backup solution that is similar to VMWare's or Proxmox saving states.
For example in VMWare/Promox I can save the state of the Virtual Machine then I can mess stuff and revert back ...
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USB IDE HDD in Ubuntu 22.04 is not working
I have have some IDE disks very old stuff,
I would like to backup all data to a newer HDD or SSD, so I buy an USB IDE adapter to do the work.
When I plug the HDD on the adapter the SO only recognize ...
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Timeshift snapshots randomly disappear on external SSD
I am doing daily back-ups to an external SSD disk, however Timeshift snapshots behave very strangely - for example, I do a back and on the next day that back up is missing, only every now and then a ...
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Remove Windows, install ubuntu while keeping backup partition (D:) + confusing partitioning [duplicate]
I have a 480GB SSD split into two partitions, denoted as (C:) and (D:).
My objective is to eliminate Windows from the (C:) partition.
Subsequently, I aim to install Ubuntu in its place, ensuring all ...
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how to get dar with multi-threading enabled
I'm using a on a System76 Silverback desktop machine dual Xeon with 16 cores (32 hyperthreads) with large hard drives, and thinking to use dar(1) for my backups. I see that the man page mentions its ...
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Anyone use a bare metal backup solution with ubuntu?
Long time *Nix user here and now that I am retired I am searching for a complete system backup solution for my home desktop system. I have considered dd and clonezilla but I would prefer a solution ...
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How to restore a timeshift snapshot made from an Unreachable Operating System
I successfully created a full user data and system snapshot with timeshift in rsync mode. A while back I thought this method of data backup will be recoverable on a new and same system installation (...
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backup & restore timeshift
i was using 22.04 for a month then i read an article about timeshift and started using it. but yesterday i first upgraded to 23.04 and then after few hours again upgraded to 23.10 because i wanted to ...
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Backup system, Raid 10
There is a server on which there is a hardware Raid 10 and 4 physical disks, an Ubuntu Server 20.04 system on which a website is running in Docker, I need to create a full backup of the system and ...
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"BackendException: PyDrive backend requires PyDrive installation." error when performing a back up
I'm getting the below error while trying to create a back-up:
BackendException: PyDrive backend requires PyDrive installation.
Please read the manpage for setup details.Exception:
cannot import name '...
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If I full backup with root directories and lose owner of ext4 USB what can I recover?
If I use an ext4 USB and back up like my home which has root owned stuff, can I read all of it if I lose what user was used to own that USB and write to it? What about regular files under like my ...
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Can rsync backup on ext4 USB be as good as system image?
With I have an Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS desktop with Ubuntu Pro Lenovo Thinkpad T460 and a program that backs up and restores all timestamps and group and owner, would a backup with rsync with maximum ...
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How to back up and restore entire system?
Colleagues of ours want to use our research teams ML computer for a while. Because of data security, we can't give them the machine as is. It would be nice if I could backup the entire system, install ...
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I want to incrementally backup my os to a copy: is this even practical? [closed]
I want to use redundancy to avoid problems in the case I accidentally brick my system.
I have one main drive and what I want to do is something like the following:
Have a small partition set aside ...
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What do partclone.dd and partclone.imager do differently?
I'm writing some backup software that needs functionality like partclone(8), and having some trouble with the man pages. In particular, I don't see any difference between the pages for partclone.dd ...
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How does ZFS handle redundant copies of a file?
I have directories with old incremental backups and they are full of redundant copies of various files. My plan was to use ZFS that handles checksums of files and prevent redundancy.
So a model ...
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Gnome Contacts in Ubuntu 23.04 of all lists in Evolution are shown - how to avoid some lists?
I have 2 contact lists, which I synchronize with my local Nextcloud server through carddav. As this may have problems, I made special folders with lists, where I copy the carddav lists for having the ...
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where does fetchmail store mail?
Trying to find where downloaded messages from Gmail are stored. No mail in:
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ ll /var/mail/nicholas
-rw------- 1 nicholas mail 0 Nov 27 15:52 /var/mail/nicholas
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System Volume Information folder space
I have 30TB of space in Ubuntu 20.04. I'm using it as a backup storage and I have 16TB of space total data. Some day I found backup was not completed because "ran out of space" in the backup ...
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Syntax to use deja-dup over network with ssh
Currently I use deja-dup to backup to a external ssd. The SSD is mounted under UbuntuBackup with folder mini. I am about to put this computer into semi-retirement. Then I would like to back up my new ...
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Backups are crashing Computer or Filling Home Directory
I am trying to setup a back up solution for my Linux computer: Ryzen 3950X, 64 Gb RAM, RTX 4070ti, 2Tb boot, 2 + 4 Tb internal drives.
I tried "Backup" but it was filling up RAM (64 Gb), ...
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Deja-dup asks for administrator authentication
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, installed and managed by my workplace.
I have set up backup on my home folder only, each day.
Regardless, an authentication dialogue is opened each time:
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Can you tell me what file is causing my backup to fail?
I have my backups on automatic. And for the last two weeks I've been getting a popup notification just about every day with the following message:
Giving up after 5 attempts. ApiRequestError: <...
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use rsync to back up operating system for ubuntu server
I'm trying to implement a good back up strategy for my ubuntu server operating system. I have multiple harddrives on my server. So my plan is to use rsync to copy everything but my user data to ...
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How to backup Thunderbird using the GUI menu?
When going through the menu, I only see an option to back up the profile for Thunberdird whereas I want to backup e-mail. Version:
nicholas@mordor:~$ thunderbird --version
Thunderbird 115.4.1
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When Synology NAS down, rsnapshot fills up my root partition
I am using rsnapshot to back up my Ubuntu 22.04 LTS workstation to a Synology NAS server. The NAS volume is mounted as /synology using the following entry in /etc/fstab:
synologynas.local:/volume1/...
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What format choice for an Ubuntu back up disk?
I would like to use a 1Tb external disk for my backup using the standard Ubuntu backup tool.The disk has been used previously and I need to format and wipe it. As a new user I don't know which format ...
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Can't access LUKS device after cloning
I cloned a partition that is encrypted with LUKS using clonezilla (partclone.org)
Now I get the following error when I try to access the LUKS data on the device.
sudo cryptsetup luksDump /dev/sde3 --...
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Backups of zfs based system
I set up an ubuntu 22.04 system recently on my home server. I have selected ZFS as the file system. I will use the ubuntu system for a few tasks which can not be easily done on Windows and I would ...
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repeated errors saving files and folders onto external hard drive. after errors harddrive becomes read only
I am having problems with my external hard drive. It has been going on for weeks.
I just turned off my computer. Then I typed mount. The result was
/dev/sda1 on /media/michaeo/MY_EXTERNAL_DRIVE Data ...
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Is there a way to regularly backup terminal history to a textfile?
Since the bash_history file saves only the last n commands, I'd like to create a file that has the entire history of all the commands ever entered in the system.
history > textfile.txt
saves the ...
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