How do you backup your computers?

xaos52 · 2012-02-24 12:39:41

Hate U backup ? big_smile

zbreaker · 2012-02-24 13:30:37

Clonezilla image to an external drive every month or two.

Sector11 · 2012-02-24 13:43:31

xaos52 wrote:

Hate U backup ?

If you are asking the answer would be: YES¹⁰ !!

Sector11 · 2012-02-24 15:30:33

Been watching this and - it got me thinking ... rsync because of grsync. But I didn't like the GUI.

So I took my bash file that uses the 'cp' command (therefore backups kept getting bigger and bigger - no: --delete)

and came up with: ~/bin/s11bk and ~/bin/s11bk-n

There are 1001 options out there - this is mine. It's simple, one computer, no network and an Ext HDD the same size as my Internal HDD - home use only!

~/home gets backed up to a 'monthly' backup I keep a few of those around - just in case.
/media/5 - all my "personal stuff, therefore /home is small"
/media/6 - empty at the moment - waiting to be used for a special project.

~/bin/s11bk - just does it!

#!/bin/bash

## 12 Jan 2012
## 23 Feb changed to 'rsync'
## --exclude-from '/home/sector11/bin/rsync_home_exclude.txt'
## --exclude-from '/home/sector11/bin/rsync_m5_exclude.txt'
## --exclude-from '/home/sector11/bin/rsync_m6_exclude.txt'

# -a, --archive        This is equivalent to −rlptgoD. It is a quick way of saying
#                            you want recursion and want to preserve almost everything
#                            (with −H being a notable omission). The only exception to
#                    the above equivalence is when −−files−from is specified, in
#                    which case −r is not implied. Note that −a does not
#                            preserve hardlinks, because finding multiply−linked files
#                            is expensive. You must separately specify −H.
# -r, --recursive:    recurse into directories
# −n, --dry−run:        perform a trial run with no changes made
# −t, --times:            preserve modification times
# −p, --perms:            This option causes the receiving rsync
#                            to set the destination permissions
# −o, --owner:            preserve owner (super−user only)
# -g, --group:            preserve group
# -v, --verbose:        increase verbosity
# --progress:            show progress during transfer
# --delete:                delete extraneous files from dest dirs
# -l, --links            copy symlinks as symlinks
# -H, --hard−links    preserve hard links
# -s, --protect−args

# 24 Feb 2012
# rsync "cannot delete non-empty directory:"
# http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1526242
# Answer: Adding --delete-excluded fixes this issue

MON=%b
TARGET="/media/disk/S11-$(date +"$MON")"

echo ""
echo "Syncing /home to "$TARGET/""
#  cp -Rup /home/sector11/ "$TARGET/"
  rsync -a --delete --delete-excluded --exclude-from '/home/sector11/bin/rsync_home_exclude.txt' /home/sector11/ "$TARGET"
echo ""
echo "Syncing /media/5/ to /media/disk/M5/"
#  cp -Rup /media/5/ /media/disk/M5/
  rsync -a --delete --delete-excluded --exclude-from '/home/sector11/bin/rsync_m5_exclude.txt' /media/5/ /media/disk/M5
echo ""
echo "Syncing /media/6/ to /media/disk/M6/"
#  cp -Rup /media/6/ /media/disk/M6/
  rsync -a --delete --delete-excluded --exclude-from '/home/sector11/bin/rsync_m6_exclude.txt' /media/6/ /media/disk/M6
echo ""
echo "Syncing complete - Close Terminal"
exit

and ~/bin/s11bk - Same except it adds the: "-n --progress" tags which gives me a dry run I can see.

#!/bin/bash

## 12 Jan 2012
## 23 Feb changed to 'rsync'
## --exclude-from '/home/sector11/bin/rsync_home_exclude.txt'
## --exclude-from '/home/sector11/bin/rsync_m5_exclude.txt'
## --exclude-from '/home/sector11/bin/rsync_m6_exclude.txt'

# -a, --archive        This is equivalent to −rlptgoD. It is a quick way of saying
#                            you want recursion and want to preserve almost everything
#                            (with −H being a notable omission). The only exception to
#                    the above equivalence is when −−files−from is specified, in
#                    which case −r is not implied. Note that −a does not
#                            preserve hardlinks, because finding multiply−linked files
#                            is expensive. You must separately specify −H.
# -r, --recursive:    recurse into directories
# −n, --dry−run:        perform a trial run with no changes made
# −t, --times:            preserve modification times
# −p, --perms:            This option causes the receiving rsync
#                            to set the destination permissions
# −o, --owner:            preserve owner (super−user only)
# -g, --group:            preserve group
# -v, --verbose:        increase verbosity
# --progress:            show progress during transfer
# --delete:                delete extraneous files from dest dirs
# -l, --links            copy symlinks as symlinks
# -H, --hard−links    preserve hard links
# -s, --protect−args

# 24 Feb 2012
# rsync "cannot delete non-empty directory:"
# http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1526242
# Answer: Adding --delete-excluded fixes this issue

MON=%b
TARGET="/media/disk/S11-$(date +"$MON")"

echo ""
echo "Syncing /home to "$TARGET/""
#  cp -Rup /home/sector11/ "$TARGET/"
  rsync -a -n --progress --delete --delete-excluded --exclude-from '/home/sector11/bin/rsync_home_exclude.txt' /home/sector11/ "$TARGET"
echo ""
echo "Syncing /media/5/ to /media/disk/M5/"
#  cp -Rup /media/5/ /media/disk/M5/
  rsync -a -n --progress --delete --delete-excluded --exclude-from '/home/sector11/bin/rsync_m5_exclude.txt' /media/5/ /media/disk/M5
echo ""
echo "Syncing /media/6/ to /media/disk/M6/"
#  cp -Rup /media/6/ /media/disk/M6/
  rsync -a -n --progress --delete --delete-excluded --exclude-from '/home/sector11/bin/rsync_m6_exclude.txt' /media/6/ /media/disk/M6
echo ""
echo "Syncing complete - Close Terminal"
exit

Had to Google: "rsync cannot delete non-empty directory" as I had a few. Works nice!

~/bin/rsync_home_exclude.txt - this will probably grow in size. Opinions appreciated!

.Trash-0
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~/bin/rsync_m5_exclude.txt

.Trash-0
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lost+found

~/bin/rsync_m6_exclude.txt

.Trash-0
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lost+found

The text in terminal that prompted the search for the cannot delete empty directory

  11:21:40 ~
         $ s11bk

Syncing /home to /media/disk/S11-Feb/

Syncing /media/5/ to /media/disk/M5/
cannot delete non-empty directory: 5

Syncing /media/6/ to /media/disk/M6/
cannot delete non-empty directory: 6

Syncing complete - Close Terminal

  11:33:07 ~
         $ s11bk-n

Syncing /home to /media/disk/S11-Feb/
sending incremental file list
.nvidia-settings-rc
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.local/share/gvfs-metadata/uuid-79b6e115-d25a-4183-baee-516f60fd474e
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.mozilla/firefox/dtbss9en.default/
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bin/
bin/s11bk
bin/s11bk-n

sent 723546 bytes  received 2015 bytes  483707.33 bytes/sec
total size is 2655895255  speedup is 3660.47 (DRY RUN)

Syncing /media/5/ to /media/disk/M5/
sending incremental file list
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deleting 5/lost+found/
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total size is 34898008462  speedup is 5055.15 (DRY RUN)

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Syncing complete - Close Terminal

  11:44:45 ~
         $ s11bk

Syncing /home to /media/disk/S11-Feb/

Syncing /media/5/ to /media/disk/M5/

Syncing /media/6/ to /media/disk/M6/

Syncing complete - Close Terminal

  11:45:19 ~
         $

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rabbitofdeath · 2012-02-24 15:46:31

Daily backups to my NAS:

#!/bin/sh
rsync -avh --progress /home/ekiel/ /nfs/backup/evilserver > "/home/ekiel/tmp/backup_logs/evilserver-dbu-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).txt"

Weekly backups to my NAS:

#!/bin/sh

rsync -avh --progress --delete /home/ekiel/ /nfs/backup/evilserver > "/home/ekiel/tmp/backup_logs/evilserver-wbu-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).txt" && rm /home/ekiel/tmp/backup_logs/evilserver-dbu*

Sector11 · 2012-02-24 18:08:50

@ rabbitofdeath

 > "/home/ekiel/tmp/backup_logs/evilserver-dbu-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).txt"

SUPER idea ... can I use that? lol

Is that a coffee pot for an avatar?
You are invited to partake with is at: Coffee is a food group

rabbitofdeath · 2012-02-24 22:49:38

of course you can use it smile

as for my avatar, yes that is a coffee pot smile im an addict, but not a slob, ill drink sludge if theres caffeine in it.

while i was thinking about backups, i remembered a handy tip - I use Outlook @ work and I commonly export my contacts into vcards to suck them into Icedove/Thunderbird, but when I wanted to bring them into a new phone/service it was a pain having ~100 contact files so the light went off in my dim head and i came up with a simple cat job:

cat *.vcf > merged.vcf

much better!

Sector11 · 2012-02-25 01:41:26

@ rabbitofdeath

I used it ... works like a charm!!!! big_smile

~/.s11bk-logs/home_2012·02·24·15·51·39.txt
~/.s11bk-logs/home_2012·02·24·16·39·10.txt
~/.s11bk-logs/M5_2012·02·24·15·51·39.txt
~/.s11bk-logs/M5_2012·02·24·16·39·14.txt
~/.s11bk-logs/M6_2012·02·24·15·51·40.txt
~/.s11bk-logs/M6_2012·02·24·16·39·16.txt

Thanks for the idea.

rabbitofdeath wrote:

cat *.vcf > merged.vcf
much better!

Slick ... I like that!

sqlpython · 2012-02-25 01:52:47

For years I have used a direct backup of my home dir onto a large Flash drive.... roll

Embarrassing when I consider I have install remastersys on most of my installs and have the repository in my sources.list...
Especially when I consider the the developer of remastersys is a personal friend whom I have worked with on linux projects. ...Sorry Tony..

Sector11 · 2012-02-25 02:48:32

sqlpython wrote:

For years I have used a direct backup of my home dir onto a large Flash drive....
Embarrassing when I consider I have install remastersys on most of my installs and have the repository in my sources.list...
Especially when I consider the the developer of remastersys is a personal friend whom I have worked with on linux projects. ...Sorry Tony..

I promise I will not tell anyone ... "Hello Western Union ... send a wire to Tony ..." roll

Well. Stuff happens ... it's called LIFE! wink

KrunchTime · 2012-03-28 23:34:56

I only backup my data and only things I've worked on during the day. I backup to a thumb drive. When I get a new computer, I'll backup all of my current data from the old computer onto a portable hard drive.

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dbvolvox · 2012-04-26 23:30:22

I have local backup, mirrored RAID (2x 500GB) but no offsite. Not sure I have full confidence in the cloud, dvds don't have the capacity what does that leave for a home user?

linux4life88 · 2012-04-27 00:24:31

I simply plug in an external hard and copy and paste my files over. Nothing more, nothing less. I try to do this every week or two. I've never really found an automated solution that works any better or quicker.

VastOne · 2012-04-27 00:37:55

^ I do basically the same thing to another machine using rsync over a sshfs connection/setup

dbvolvox · 2012-04-27 07:50:20

linux4life88 wrote:

I simply plug in an external hard and copy and paste my files over. Nothing more, nothing less. I try to do this every week or two. I've never really found an automated solution that works any better or quicker.

That is a simple solution, so, if I encrypted I could then store the drive in my garage which is far enough from the house to cover me for the risk of a destructive fire in my computer den. Thankyou!

linuxfiend · 2012-05-04 02:50:37

For local backups I use Back in Time to nightly sync /home, /etc, et al to a 1 TB external hard disk which is housed in a USB-enabled fire safe. For non-local, I am currently using CrashPlan+ to backup just /home. I had been using JungleDisk, but it seems RackSpace is just letting it die (there hasn't been a software update in over a year).

Last edited by linuxfiend (2012-05-04 02:53:21)

wuxmedia · 2012-05-27 10:36:50

right now - for better or worse - i'm doing it by hand, copying files to DVDs a block at a time 8(
only another 11 to go...

jargon · 2012-05-27 15:31:51

Every now and then I rsync the home dir of my netbook to an external 1TB Seagate.

$ rsync -aEPhu --delete-excluded ~ /path/to/1tb

And when I reinstall my netbook I just run the same command in the other direction, without the --delete-excluded. :-)

el_koraco · 2012-05-27 21:01:37

I copy paste dotfiles and media. I fsarchive root, and LVM makes this easy easy easy.

ChickenPie4Tea · 2012-06-03 10:43:20

I have made backups on windows and now on linux - the making of the backup goes really well but the few times I have tried to restore a system with a backup on windows or linux has always failed so I never bother to make them now. I just keep a copy of my .wine folder and a few config files.

dbvolvox · 2013-01-14 21:01:23

dbvolvox wrote:

linux4life88 wrote:
I simply plug in an external hard and copy and paste my files over. Nothing more, nothing less. I try to do this every week or two. I've never really found an automated solution that works any better or quicker.
That is a simple solution, so, if I encrypted I could then store the drive in my garage which is far enough from the house to cover me for the risk of a destructive fire in my computer den. Thankyou!

At last!! Got a 640GB USB 2.0 ADATA drive in a nice portable case for £30.82 in Ebuyer sale. Ecrypted backup is verified and on its way to the garage.

hq · 2013-01-14 23:00:46

Found this http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/backup.htm might be helpful...

vlax · 2013-01-15 17:05:07

Sector11 wrote:

@ rabbitofdeath
I used it ... works like a charm!!!!
rabbitofdeath wrote:
cat *.vcf > merged.vcf
much better!
Slick ... I like that!

nice, i'm gonna use it too

douglas · 2013-01-23 20:41:29

Dropbox for my data. Nothing for system files, just re-install if need be.

JLloyd13 · 2013-01-23 21:00:42

I have an external I copy home to everymonth. As for system, I used to use remastersys, but when I found out (the hard way) it didn't support install to gpt I'd made a list of all package in a script for fast reinstall and backing up the config files I wanted. a couple of days ago though I did my first full os tarball big_smile and that's going to be the method of backups from now on

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