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Backup of complete linux system

Hi,

I am using Ubuntu 12.01. I want to create Complete System Backup with data stored in /opt/lampp/.

Please help me to solve the problem.

Thanks!
Prabhat

Hi

you can use this command to take the back up all the devices

dd if=/dev/DEVICE_TO_BACKUP of=/mnt/DEVICE/filename

example:

dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/mnt/external_drive
dd if=/dev/sda2 of=/mnt/external_drive
dd if=/dev/sda3 of=/mnt/external_drive

Thanks
venkat

You can use rsync to sync the data to any external storage medium

rsync Incremental backup

rsync --zavi root@serverip:/opt/lampp /destination mountpoint

Quote:

Originally Posted by eprabhat08 (Post 4884600)

Hi,

I am using Ubuntu 12.01.

you sure?

terminal >

Code:

lsb_release -drc

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem

Here's the script I use to back up my system at home

Code:

#!/bin/bash



if [[ ! -e /home/verify ]]; then

  echo "raid not found, skipping backup"

elif [[ ! -e /media/backups/home/verify ]]; then

  echo "backup drive not found, skipping backup"

else

  /usr/bin/rsync -aAXv --progress --delete /* /media/backups/ --exclude={/dev/*,/proc/*,/sys/*,/tmp/*,/run/*,/mnt/*,/media/*,/lost+found,/.gvfs,/var/lib/ntp/proc/*}

  echo ""

  echo ""

  echo "Backup finished $(date)"

fi

"verify" is just an empty file placed in a certain location on the drive. Checking for its existence is an easy way to ensure the drive is currently mounted and accessible in the expected location. Since my /home is located on a separate drive from the rest of the system, the first check is important since if the raid isn't mounted at /home for some reason, the --delete flag in rsync would wipe out the backup of everything on the raid. The second check is important because you don't want to back up the system to the location where the backup drive SHOULD be mounted, if it's not actually mounted there.

I run this backup nightly around 4am. Since it's an incremental backup, it only takes ~8 minutes to comb through the full 2.2 TB of data on the machine and sync the changes to the external drive.

Thanks to all. It is very help for me!!!