Comments on: Backing Up Files Using rdiff-backup http://everydaylht.com understandable linux tips and tricks Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:41:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: John P http://everydaylht.com/howtos/system-administration/backing-up-files-using-rdiff-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-9737 John P Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:06:14 +0000 http://everydaylht.com/?page_id=31#comment-9737 I use virtual machines - a lot. My main desktop OS runs inside a VM. I haven't bothered placing the HOME into a different virtual disk device. I know I should, but with this backup method, it isn't needed and restoring after an OS rebuild or even just trying a new OS is pretty trivial. Sometimes sharing the HOME between different OSes is bad when they use different versions of the same tools. This can make your .dotfiles incompatible. I've been burned more than once with this. I use virtual machines – a lot. My main desktop OS runs inside a VM. I haven’t bothered placing the HOME into a different virtual disk device. I know I should, but with this backup method, it isn’t needed and restoring after an OS rebuild or even just trying a new OS is pretty trivial.

Sometimes sharing the HOME between different OSes is bad when they use different versions of the same tools. This can make your .dotfiles incompatible. I’ve been burned more than once with this.

]]> By: Constrained » Blog Archive » Backup bash pictures http://everydaylht.com/howtos/system-administration/backing-up-files-using-rdiff-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-9712 Constrained » Blog Archive » Backup bash pictures Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:31:59 +0000 http://everydaylht.com/?page_id=31#comment-9712 [...] Backing Up Files Using rdiff-backup | everyday linux how2s Jun 18, 2011 … bin/bash cd <strong>/destination/directory</strong> echo "Backing up Pictures" echo "" rdiff-backup … [...] [...] Backing Up Files Using rdiff-backup | everyday linux how2s Jun 18, 2011 … bin/bash cd <strong>/destination/directory</strong> echo "Backing up Pictures" echo "" rdiff-backup … [...]

]]> By: admin http://everydaylht.com/howtos/system-administration/backing-up-files-using-rdiff-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-8279 admin Mon, 02 May 2011 18:41:01 +0000 http://everydaylht.com/?page_id=31#comment-8279 Surely if you have your home directory on a separate partition, you can upgrade or reinstall without affecting your home partition. Surely if you have your home directory on a separate partition, you can upgrade or reinstall without affecting your home partition.

]]> By: JohnP http://everydaylht.com/howtos/system-administration/backing-up-files-using-rdiff-backup/comment-page-1/#comment-8275 JohnP Mon, 02 May 2011 13:38:24 +0000 http://everydaylht.com/?page_id=31#comment-8275 Nice. I've been happily using rdiff-backup for a few years. Doing backups is a way of life around here since having a disk failure about 10 yrs ago. Anyone using rsync for backups should know that using almost exactly the same command, just swapping in rdiff-backup for rsync will get you sooooo much more out of your backups. Here's a link for how I backup my home directory: http://blog.jdpfu.com/2009/10/24/linux-home-backup-with-rdiff-backup It shows how to get a copy of your current crontab, how to exclude cache dirs, wipe all adobe flash objects and how to get the current list of all installed packages on the system **before** beginning your backups. This will make restoring much easier, even if you don't backup the entire OS. I've migrated using those backups to new Linux installs fairly successfully. With Natty released last week, I expect to use it again shortly. Being able to migrate the ~/.ssh/ alone makes this useful! Nice. I’ve been happily using rdiff-backup for a few years. Doing backups is a way of life around here since having a disk failure about 10 yrs ago.

Anyone using rsync for backups should know that using almost exactly the same command, just swapping in rdiff-backup for rsync will get you sooooo much more out of your backups. Here’s a link for how I backup my home directory: http://blog.jdpfu.com/2009/10/24/linux-home-backup-with-rdiff-backup

It shows how to get a copy of your current crontab, how to exclude cache dirs, wipe all adobe flash objects and how to get the current list of all installed packages on the system **before** beginning your backups. This will make restoring much easier, even if you don’t backup the entire OS. I’ve migrated using those backups to new Linux installs fairly successfully. With Natty released last week, I expect to use it again shortly. Being able to migrate the ~/.ssh/ alone makes this useful!

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