Hi All ;) I need a good tool to backup whole system on block level rather than file level and easy to use. I currently need to backup to an USB disc (50+ GB of data) a system and then reinstall it. In the future if needed I will revert to the system from backup ;) What can you recommend? BR, Rafal.
On 07/16/2014 12:50 PM, Rafa? Radecki wrote:> Hi All ;) > > I need a good tool to backup whole system on block level rather than file > level and easy to use. I currently need to backup to an USB disc (50+ GB of > data) a system and then reinstall it. In the future if needed I will revert > to the system from backup ;) > > What can you recommend?I would recommend Clonezilla: http://clonezilla.org/ -- Jerry Franz
On 7/16/2014 12:50 PM, Rafa? Radecki wrote:> I need a good tool to backup whole system on block level rather than file > level and easy to use. I currently need to backup to an USB disc (50+ GB of > data) a system and then reinstall it. In the future if needed I will revert > to the system from backup;) > > What can you recommend?For ext2/3/4, use dumpe2fs, for xfs, use xfsdump phew, 50GB+ to a USB stick is gonna take *hours*, they aren't known for speed. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast
Rafa? Radecki wrote:> Hi All ;) > > I need a good tool to backup whole system on block level rather than file > level and easy to use. I currently need to backup to an USB disc (50+ GB > of data) a system and then reinstall it. In the future if needed I will > revert to the system from backup ;) > > What can you recommend?Do you really mean block level? Are you wanting something like a dedup? Why do you *not* want file level? mark
On Wed, 2014-07-16 at 21:50 +0200, Rafa? Radecki wrote:> Hi All ;) > > I need a good tool to backup whole system on block level rather than file > level and easy to use. I currently need to backup to an USB disc (50+ GB of > data) a system and then reinstall it. In the future if needed I will revert > to the system from backup ;) > > What can you recommend?'dd'. I use it routinely when doing p2v migrations of older hardware and when migrating heavily customized systems between hardware. Which brings up the point maybe you might want to investigate virtualization options if you strongly suspect you'll have a requirement to revert via a bare metal restoration procecure.