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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.

The process of backing up is making copies of data which may be used to restore the original after a data loss event.

  • The primary purpose is to recover data after its loss, be it by data deletion or corruption.

  • The secondary purpose of backups is to recover data from an earlier time, according to a user-defined data retention policy, typically configured within a backup application for how long copies of data are required.

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How to make a disk image and restore from it later?

I'm a new Linux user. I've reinstalled my Wubi from scratch at least ten times the last few weeks because while getting the system up and running (drivers, resolution, etc.) I've broken something (X, grub, unknowns) and I can't get it back to work.…
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How to back up my entire system?

If I want to make a backup of my entire OS (including but not just my home directory), how do I go about this? Is it as simple as backing up everything in / and then when if I suffer a crash, just copying the files back over? Will this cover grub,…
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How to automatically archive a directory?

I want to do one way synchronization. I am having Folder A on my computer which is constantly updated with content. Another Folder B is used for backup purpose which is on external HDD. Now what I expect is that whatever extra which is present in…
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What files and directories can be excluded from a backup of the home directory?

Duplicity does already a great job of making efficient backups, but I want still to minimize the amount of files being back-upped. What files or directories can be excluded in a home directory? Please name these explicitly, wildcards allowed, paths…
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How can I backup my programs/applications, so that after I reinstall a new one, I can still use the backup-ed ones?

Is there a way, that I could backup all my programs, all apps, put them in a directory or something, so that I could install them quickly next time, without having to manually going over the app center, downloading them from terminal, etc? Note that…
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Which is Most TimeMachine-like Backup Program for Ubuntu?

I know this article but there is no comparison to OSX's TimeMachine. I would like to find a backup software which is about the same as TimeMachine or better. I would like to have such a software which can use some format of HDD which is suitable…
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Easy backup/restore of installed system?

Is there any easy and open source backup/restore solution for installed (after clear install) Ubuntu system, like Acronis Home backup ?
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Is there such a thing as a restore point in Ubuntu?

Windows has this. Basically what I want is to record the state of the system either manually or periodically and then restore to that point if required. For example, before upgrading the distribution, or before installing a certain package. What…
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Can I backup my entire Ubuntu installation to ISO DVD?

This is the third time I have installed Ubuntu on my pc along with Windows 7, but every time I install, I have to upgrade all packages. (Almost 300 - 400 Mb). Is it possible to make a bootable DVD of my current installation so that I don't have to…
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Is there a system journal that I can install?

I am talking about a program that will show you all the changes you made to the system, in case I have to trouble shoot my system? A CLI one will be better, in case of worst case scenario
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Why do Back In Time snapshots appear to be so large?

I just backed up the contents of my home partition onto my external hard drive using Back In Time. I browsed to the backed up contents in the external drive and under properties it showed me the size as 9.6 GB. As I read that in next snapshots I…
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Clone Ubuntu Machine

I have an install of Ubuntu Maverick on slicehost, that I'd like to replicate on a different machine (a kvm VM install). Is there a simple way of mirroring all it? I mainly care about installed programs, installations, mysql + postgres config/data. …
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Change backup directory in Timeshift?

How does one do that? Is there not any way of saving one's backups up to a directory other than the default one? Such as, for example, an external drive?
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To backup /home or entire system

I was doing some reading about how to backup and I kept running across people who say to just backup the /home/ folder instead of the whole system. I just don't understand the thinking here because what about all the programs one has…
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Backup Problem In Ubuntu 14.04

When I'm Backing Up My Files Using the Backup Application, at the last time it shows a error that Could Not Backup The Following files make sure you are able to open them /home/neel/.cache/dconf /home/neel/.dbus
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