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Idea #1071: Simple System backup/restore

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #1: Easy way of backing up/moving your documents and settings.
Written by ocularb0b the 29 Feb 08 at 07:44. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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it should be trivial for a user to fully restore their system to exactly what it was, regardless of the machine. This backup/restore utility should should be installed by default. There are currently many ways to do this. Having tried many of them i find that there is alot of work to do after a reinstall to get things back to what they were. One could simply make a copy of all partitions but there is a huge amount of unneeded stuff that would be included.
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Written by ocularb0b the 29 Feb 08 at 07:44.
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sryth wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 07:51
I agree. Simple, easy to understand backup and restore functionality should be a major concern. I don't care how dangerous user Z's activities are, if he or she decided to run a backup every 6 hours using utilities that should be default, then he or she should never lose more than 6 hours of work, max. But currently Ubuntu ships with no such easy to use/configure utilities.


smenjas wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 08:07
FlyBack is an attempt to implement Time Machine on Linux. Once it's mature it will likely be included in Ubuntu's repository.

I realize you're asking for a simple, integrated solution, but if you're willing to do some work here's a tutorial for performing automatic backups with rsync.

Brewboy wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 08:14
Time Machine is amazing and a breeze (I use it myself). I really hope they do a good job on FlyBack; it has so much potential.

jelly1 wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 11:03
Flybacks development lacks, it is a great idea, but Sbackup is better but it should support more backup locations, two at a time and a notify when the machine is backking up. A better GUI for restoring would be nice

sillhuwet wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 21:17
Yes, such a backup/restore utility is very important. There are several options right now (I'm using rsync in the console myself), but it would be very nice if all the different kind of backup systems/software could be integrated into one utility.

rawsausage wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 23:51
TimeVault once more :)

Jobrain wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 15:16
My idea was to have script that exchanges modified configs with new ones. Or to have a button to save your current configs for restoring them later on, after you have messed up your System.

goozu wrote on the 7 Mar 08 at 17:02
A full and fool proof backup tool like Mondo Recue that supports DVD-R (!) and USB media would be very nice.

Simply "nuke" your system after a HD crash of your desktop or server.

tomaszx wrote on the 9 Mar 08 at 22:09
maybe http://sourceforge.net/projects/backerupper/


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