CentOS - Aug 2016 - OT: Backup Question/Solution

Hello,

 

I want to switch from DVDs as a backup medium to a usb flash drive. I have
been using Mondo but get tired of feeding it DVD+RWs.

 

I purchased a 128GB flash drive. I can't get Mondo to write to it. I want to
be able to make this device bootable. Do I need it reformat it from a
Windows file system to ext4? I never had to format a blank DVD previously.

 

Is there a better solution for backing up a home system to some sort of
external media?

 

TIA

TE Dukes wrote:
> I purchased a 128GB flash drive. I can't get Mondo to write to it. I
want
> to be able to make this device bootable. Do I need it reformat it from a
> Windows file system to ext4? I never had to format a blank DVD previously. 
> 
> Is there a better solution for backing up a home system to some sort of
> external media?
I don't know if it is better, but I use BackupPC.
This has an archive option to copy the latest backup to somewhere else.
I use it to backup to an external drive every fortnight or so.
(I backup every night to a different hard drive on my CentOS machine.)

-- 
Timothy Murphy  
gayleard /at/ eircom.net
School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 1:44 PM, TE Dukes wrote:
>
>
> Is there a better solution for backing up a home system to some sort of
> external media?
>
>
>
Not tested myself yet, but RH EL, and so CentOS, introduced support for
Relax-and-Recover in version 6.8:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.8_Release_Notes/new_features_system_and_subscription_management.html

See also
http://relax-and-recover.org/documentation/

Based on http://relax-and-recover.org/usage/ it should be feasible...
HIH,
Gianluca

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Sent: Friday, August 12, 2016 8:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Backup Question/Solution

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 1:44 PM, TE Dukes wrote:
>
>
> Is there a better solution for backing up a home system to some sort 
> of external media?
>
>
>
Not tested myself yet, but RH EL, and so CentOS, introduced support for
Relax-and-Recover in version 6.8:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/htm
l/6.8_Release_Notes/new_features_system_and_subscription_management.html

See also
http://relax-and-recover.org/documentation/

Based on http://relax-and-recover.org/usage/ it should be feasible...
HIH,
Gianluca

Had time today to check Relax and Recover.

I screwed up a 128GB flash drive trying to get Mondo working but was able to
a rescue disc and backup to my file system where I was able to copy both to
another computer.

The backup file can't be on the same partition as the rescue iso.

Have another flash drive on the way.

Thanks!!