Some questions...
Hello all,
I have a linux home server I'd like to backup and I'm evaluating some solutions.
This is my setup:
sda1: linux boot (ext2)
sda2: linux root (ext4)
sda3: reserved for backup/restore software
sdb-sdc-sdd-sde: software raid5 (ext3)
Backup should be done on DVDs (at least for boot/root partition) and/or external HDD.
I'd like to know if true image is a viable option for my configuration. If yes, is it possible to install it in a partition (sda3) in order to launch it via GRUB? I need to have the DVD drive free in order to use it for doing backup..
Thank you!
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Colin B wrote:The first thing to note is that True Image itself can only be installed on Windows based machines, however, the recovery CD is Linux based and can make images, you wouldn't be able to schedule any tasks though, everything would have to be made manually.
There is a Linux version of ABR11.5 Server, but the price is probably way outside what a home user would want to spend.
Hi Colin,
thank you for your support.
Running a backup/restore software manually and not from the running system I want to backup is exactly what I'm looking for.
Can I run True Image from a dedicated partition via GRUB instead a liveCD?
Does it support ext4 filesystem?
Does it do backup on DVDs and external usb HDD?
Thanks again!
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There are a couple of ways of running the recovery media, first directly from the ISO, i do this from a Grub based USB stick. The second method takes some extra steps but you can run the recovery media from its own partition something I have done on an external USB drive, however this requires a two step method. From within Windows it is possible to activate an Acronis Start Up Manager which alters the MBR of a disk to allow booting into the recovery environment on disk, whilst this is Linux it is actually installed from within Windows, I've never tried to see what happens if you try this from a Linux based PC system. The ASRM can be activated via the recovery CD.
There is one major shortcoming with this idea though, if you install this on a partition of your main drive and your drive dies or becomes severly corrupted you will still need a CD or USB stick to boot your system.
TI does support ext4 systems the restriction being you can only make disk or partition images, no file and folders (of course Linux doesn't have folders) and none of the other imaging utilities will work such as mounting an image (exploring works), NSB, OLB.
You can image to external USB and to DVD. I would not recommend DVD as a large system will require much DVD swapping during a recovery and occasionally DVD's can be corrupted when being read back.
You would need to purchase True Image and then download the recovery ISO from your account.
I would suggest registering for a trial copy of TI as there will be a trial version of the recovery environment for you to experiment with, you definitely need to check that th eLinux environment can see your disks and backup media. The drivers and kernel are cut down from a full Linux install, so the fact you can run Linux OK on your machine doesn't mean that the recovery environment will be able to see your system without some fiddling. The trial recovery environment will not allow image making, just recovery, but you would at least know it can boot your system OK.
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