Questions tagged [backup]
Backing up is the process of making copies (a backup) of data which may be used to restore the original after a data loss event.
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How do I clone an encrypted Ubuntu 24 LTS install to a bigger disk, and then boot from that?
I have a computer with a 1000GB nvme and a 500GB nvme. I installed and fully setup the 500GB with Ubuntu 24 LTS, and all my apps. I chose LVM and encryption in the Ubuntu installer, and then created ...
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Saving youtube videos after a date range
I'd like to know the steps I need to take to use youtube-dl to backup my youtube videos after a certain date range. I see commands that can be written but do not know how to get in to youtube-dl so ...
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What can I do to make my super simple rsync backup strategy faster and more efficient?
I have an old Lenovo ThinkCentre to which I have attached a dual-bay, USB hard drive enclosure. The two hard drives are independent from each other (i.e., no RAID). I have them mounted like so: /mnt/...
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BTRFS backup using send/receive: exclude files from the backup
Most backup solutions save files that are not needed for individual file restore, e.g. caches. To avoid this, subvolumes can be used, but are restricted to subtrees. Full backup is more arduously then....
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Atomic snapshots for BTRFS
In the context of backups, a snapshot is atomic to ensure a quite consistent set of files. If two subvolumes are used, e.g. @root and @home, they might differ the longer the time is between the ...
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How to clearly indicate a device is not mounted
Is it a good idea to add an empty file, say a file called NOT_MOUNTED, into mountpoint directory when the backup storage device is not mounted? Or will this be confusing? Is a symlink better, that ...
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How do I set my SSH password/key for Pika Backup?
I made an account with rsync.net for backups but am having issues setting them up with the GNOME Project's Pika Backup. I set the location as: ssh://<username>@<username>.rsync.net/~/...
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Error 44 trying to rsync over ssh on Synology DSM
This is a bit long winded but I want to give as much information as I can. I have a Synology NAS running DSM 7.2.2: steve@NAS:/volume1/docker/backuppc-mdns$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/syno_hw_version DS223j ...
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What permissions should the applicaton data for KDE's Spacebar have?
I attempted to backup and restore the data for Spacebar within my Debian installation. However, it does not appear to work properly. I think I must have accidentally changed the permissions. Are ...
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Cloning a Linux disk containing LVM logical volumes
I have a GNU/Linux installation with an unencrypted primary partition (boot partition) and a LUKS primary partition containing two LVM logical volumes (root filesystem and swap space): /dev/sda1: (...
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Cloning Linux installation to another drive
I've backed up a Fedora 42 installation using tar, and now I am trying to restore the backup to a different drive on the same system, basically cloning the original installation. The original ...
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rsync script for incremental backup which continues unfinished jobs
I have a script which does incremental backups with rsync (script 1). I tried to add the feature to continue unfinished jobs in another script (script 2) but this version does a full copy of the ...
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How do I backup/restore data from KDE's Spacebar?
I want to backup my messages within KDE's Spacebar so that I may do a full system reinstallation. How can I backup my messages and restore them into a new installation?
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How can I create a full system backup of my Librem 5 using jumpdrive?
I would like to backup my Librem 5 using jumpdrive. How can I create a full system backup of my Librem 5 using jumpdrive?
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Can I complete a full system backup with Deja Dup?
I am attempting to complete a full system backup of my Librem 5. Can I utilize Déjà Dup to back up my entire system? Deja Dup is preinstalled on the system as 'Backups'. I want to include app data—...