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How do you do a system backup in Linux?

Issam2204Issam2204 Member
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Hello everyone!

I'd like to perform a system backup in a Linux server. It would be really cool to have an image file (.iso, .img, etc.) that I can put on a USB stick and re-install everything as it was.

Is this possible?

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  • JonchunJonchun Member

    Look into bare metal backups?

  • Issam2204Issam2204 Member

    Also there is clonezilla, but I end up using TAR (even if it doesn't do imaging): super easy, fast and reliable :) Then I'll just use gpgme and upload it to the cloud.

  • agentsmithagentsmith Member

    i use attic https://github.com/jborg/attic/
    it has some nice features like data deduplication which keeps your backup storage small. as a disaster recovery it can fuse mount your backup and you can copy the files to your harddrive.

    Thanked by 2deadbeef ehab
  • sc754sc754 Member

    Could always virtualise your system, makes backing up easier. I'm not sure if dd can dump a disk whilst its in use on a non virtualised system. Maybe somebody knows?

  • MarkTurnerMarkTurner Member

    Zen said: Easy bare metal restoration.

    But painfully slow!

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