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 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—...
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How can I find multiple duplicates of media files,sort, backup them and delete the rest?
I have a 4 TB hard drive containing pictures, sounds, and videos from the last 15 years.
These files were copied onto this drive from various sources, including hard drives, cameras, phones, CD-ROMs, ...
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Automatic backup on a second internal hidden disk when files are moved to a first disk
Summary: I need to automatically backup files on a hidden hard disk whenever the user copy files on a specific hard disk.
Long explanation:
Context:
My father (70 years old) is very bad at computers. ...
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~/.local/share is set for what? And can I ignore it at backups?
I wonder if ~/.local/share contain real user data or if it only contain session-related data and binary generated stuffs.
I also wonder if I can include it in an --ignore statement with BorgBackup ...
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CacheFiles when the cached system is unmounted, or alternatives
In my current setup, I have two machines serverA and serverB in different geographical areas. serverA has a limited amount of persistent memory (~256GB), while serverB can be considered to have enough ...
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Why did my backup folder with large amounts of repeated data compress so poorly?
I have a folder with around seventy subfolders, each containing a few tarballs which are nightly backups of a few directories (the largest being /home) from an old Raspberry Pi. Each is a full backup; ...
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