8 Ways to Backup Linux System

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[1] Using rsync:rsync stands for remote sync

Syntax:
$ rsync options source destination
$ rsync -zvr /var/opt/installation/inventory/ /root/temp
$ rsync -zvr /var/opt/installation/inventory/ hdhamee@remotehost.com:/root/temp
where
-z is to enable compression
-v verbose
-r indicates recursive


more at rsync

[2] Using rsnapshot

Download the rsnapshot utility from rsnapshot.org as shown below.

$ cd /usr/src
$ suodo wget http://www.rsnapshot.org/downloads/rsnapshot-1.3.1.tar.gz
$ sudo tar xvfz rsnapshot-1.3.1.tar.gz
$ cd rsnapshot-1.3.1
$ ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc
$ sudo make install


Configure:
$ sudo cp /etc/rsnapshot.conf.default /etc/rsnapshot.conf
$ sudo vim /etc/rsnapshot.conf
  cmd_cp /bin/cp
  cmd_ssh /usr/bin/ssh
  cmd_du /usr/bin/du
  cmd_rsnapshot_diff /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot-diff
  logfile /var/log/rsnapshot
  backup /etc/ localhost/

Now test configuration:

$ rsnapshot configtest
Syntax OK

Verify the hourly backup configuration.
$ sudo rsnapshot -t hourly

Verify the daily rsnapshot cwrsync backup process is configured properly.
$ sudo rsnapshot -t daily

Add Crontab Entry for rsnapshot
$ crontab -e
0 */4 * * * /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot hourly
30 23 * * * /usr/local/bin/rsnapshot daily



Verify backup

$ sudo ls -al /.snapshots/
ls: /.snapshots/: No such file or directory


[3] Using dd Command [backup entire harddisk]

To backup an entire copy of a hard disk to another hard disk connected to the same system

$ dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb
Where:
if=input file
of=outputfile

[4] Using dd Command [create an image of harddisk]

$ sudo dd if=/dev/hda of=~/hdadisk.img

Restore using:
$ sudo dd if=hdadisk.img of=/dev/hdb

Where:
if=input file
of=outputfile

[5] Using dd Command [create a floppy image]

$ sudo dd if=/dev/fd0 of=myfloppy.img
Where:
if=input file
of=outputfile

[6] Using dd Command [backup a partition]

$ sudo dd if=/dev/hda1 of=~/partition1.img
Where:
if=input file
of=outputfile

[7] Using dd Command[CD ROM backup]

$ sudo dd if=/dev/cdrom of=tgsservice.iso bs=2048 
Where:
if=input file
of=outputfile

[8] Using Clonezilla  

Clonezilla site




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