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Psullivan: Removed automatic redirect to backup tools documentation, added section referring to backup tools page.

2013-05-30T19:53:52Z

Removed automatic redirect to backup tools documentation, added section referring to backup tools page.

Psullivan: Undo revision 67442 by Paulm (Talk)

2013-05-30T19:46:25Z

Undo revision 67442 by Paulm (Talk)

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Psullivan: Undo revision 67443 by Paulm (Talk)

2013-05-30T19:45:59Z

Undo revision 67443 by Paulm (Talk)

Paulm at 18:18, 16 May 2013

2013-05-16T18:18:41Z

Paulm: Redirected page to Backup Tools

2013-05-16T18:17:55Z

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Jimevensen: /* On Backup Rack */ backup doesn't work with /mnt/user/rsync.log

2013-04-10T22:26:29Z

On Backup Rack: backup doesn't work with /mnt/user/rsync.log

Jimevensen: /* On Backup Rack */ removed sudo from rsync as you're already root when entering the command

2013-04-10T22:01:00Z

On Backup Rack: removed sudo from rsync as you're already root when entering the command

Jimevensen: /* On Backup Rack / replaced all instances of "/mnt/sda" with "/mnt"

2013-04-10T21:59:49Z

On Backup Rack: replaced all instances of "/mnt/sda*" with "/mnt"

Michaelkelly: /* On Tsdata Rack */

2013-04-03T04:19:45Z

On Tsdata Rack

Aroberts: /* Backup and Restore User Data */

2013-04-02T18:52:15Z

Backup and Restore User Data

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-==How to  Backup (step by step)==
+==Automated Backup Tools==
 <span style="color:red; font-size: 1.2em;">'''N.B. Instructions have been updated'''</span>
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 instead and it will be automatically mounted. The output from the command will tell you where.
-==How to  Restore (step by step)==
+==Manual Restoration (step by step)==
 On the new machine/drive run the following commands in the terminal.This does not apply to Windows machines.

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   rsync -avzh --exclude =".gvfs" /mnt/home/ tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>/home/user/rsync.log
      or
-  rsync -avzh --exclude =".gvfs" --exclude="*/.cache/*" --exclude "*.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache/*" /mnt/home/ tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>/home/user/rsync.log
+  rsync -avzh --exclude =".gvfs" --exclude="*/.cache/*" --exclude "*.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache/*" /mnt/home/ tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>rsync.log

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   mv dpkg.out /mnt/home/
   tar -czf /mnt/home/etc.backup.tar.gz /mnt/etc/
-  sudo rsync -avzh --exclude =".gvfs" /mnt/home/ tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>/home/user/rsync.log
+  rsync -avzh --exclude =".gvfs" /mnt/home/ tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>/home/user/rsync.log
      or
-  sudo rsync -avzh --exclude =".gvfs" --exclude="*/.cache/*" --exclude "*.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache/*" /mnt/home/ tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>/home/user/rsync.log
+  rsync -avzh --exclude =".gvfs" --exclude="*/.cache/*" --exclude "*.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache/*" /mnt/home/ tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>/home/user/rsync.log

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 Once the drive is mounted, then continue on with the backup procedure
-  cp /mnt/sd*/etc/passwd /mnt/sd*/etc/shadow /mnt/sd*/etc/group /mnt/sd*/home/
+  cp /mnt/etc/passwd /mnt/etc/shadow /mnt/etc/group /mnt/home/
-  dpkg --get-selections --admindir=/mnt/sd*/var/lib/dpkg > dpkg.out
+  dpkg --get-selections --admindir=/mnt/var/lib/dpkg > dpkg.out
-  mv dpkg.out /mnt/sd*/home/
+  mv dpkg.out /mnt/home/
-  tar -czf /mnt/sd*/home/etc.backup.tar.gz /mnt/sd*/etc/
+  tar -czf /mnt/home/etc.backup.tar.gz /mnt/etc/
-  sudo rsync -avzh --exclude =".gvfs" /mnt/sd*/home/ tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>/home/user/rsync.log
+  sudo rsync -avzh --exclude =".gvfs" /mnt/home/ tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>/home/user/rsync.log
      or
-  sudo rsync -avzh --exclude =".gvfs" --exclude="*/.cache/*" --exclude "*.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache/*" /mnt/sd*/home/ tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>/home/user/rsync.log
+  sudo rsync -avzh --exclude =".gvfs" --exclude="*/.cache/*" --exclude "*.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache/*" /mnt/home/ tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>/home/user/rsync.log

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 Its easiest to type sudo rsync -avzh "/mnt/sdb1/Do and hit the tab key to let the shell fill in the full path with the spaces correctly escaped.
-===On Tsdata Rack===
+===On Backup Rack===
-  sudo cp /mnt/sdc1/etc/passwd /mnt/sdc1/etc/shadow /mnt/sdc1/etc/group /mnt/sdc1/home/
+Install the hard drive on one of the backup machines on the Backup Rack
-  dpkg --get-selections --admindir=/mnt/sdc1/var/lib/dpkg >dpkg.out
-  sudo mv dpkg.out /mnt/sdc1/home/
+Boot up to the live environment:
-  sudo tar -czf /mnt/sdc1/home/etc.backup.tar.gz /mnt/sdc1/etc/
+*Live Boot
-  sudo rsync -avzh --rsync-path="sudo rsync" --exclude =".gvfs" /mnt/sdc1/home/ tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>rsync.log
+*Debian Live
      or
-  sudo rsync -avzh --rsync-path="sudo rsync" --exclude =".gvfs" --exclude="*/.cache/*" --exclude "*.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache/*" /mnt/sdc1/home/ tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>rsync.log
+ sudo rsync -avzh --exclude =".gvfs" --exclude="*/.cache/*" --exclude "*.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache/*" /mnt/sd*/home/ tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>/home/user/rsync.log
-The <code>--admindir</code> option in the second command ensure you are getting the package info from the external drive, not tsdata.  There is also an --installdir=[targetdir] option that will allow you to install packages elsewhere. The directory you point to is treated as the root of the file system. The --root  option affects both the admindir, where package info is taken from, and the target directory for installs.
+The <code>--admindir</code> option in the second command ensure you are getting the package info from the external drive, not the live image.  There is also an --installdir=[targetdir] option that will allow you to install packages elsewhere. The directory you point to is treated as the root of the file system. The --root  option affects both the admindir, where package info is taken from, and the target directory for installs.

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 To back up the home folder(s) over the network using rsync (don't actually be root or else funny things happen).
-  sudo rsync -avzh /home/ tsbackup@tsbackup:/var/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>rsync.out
+  sudo rsync -avzh /home/ tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber] 2>rsync.out
 '''N.B.'''
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 To copy it back again:
-  sudo rsync -avzh  tsbackup@tsbackup:/var/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber]/ /home
+  sudo rsync -avzh  tsbackup@oscar:/srv/tsbackup/[date-ticketnumber]/ /home
 '''N.B.''' The trailing slash on the source (first part) is  important in rsync. A trailing slash means copy the contents of this folder without creating the folder itself. If you are uncertain about anything you can test it using the <code>-n</code> option. This will do a dry run and nothing will actually be copied over. It is a good habit to do a sanity check first with rsync; it is an immensely powerful tool and you want to make sure it is going to do what you think it is.