Backups in Linux - HOW and WHERE to do it!

[@trubadyr99]

Your video is an important reminder and a wake-up call: too many of us do not protect data. Data that is important but often precious. I think that ZFS and its utilities are the best-proven way to keep safe user's data and working systems. Unfortunately not too many Linux users are familiar with the ZFS and its tools and are missing a whole lot. You could create a series of easy to understand and follow guides for Linux users, who are serious about "bulletproofing" their systems and most importantly: their precious photographs, videos, documents and so on. Your videos convinced me that you are up to the task. I recommended your channel to others - you are doing very important work for the community and you are doing it well. Hat's off, sir.

[@Doriandotslash]

Thank you very much! I’ll look into ZFS and try using it for a while so I can do a proper guide on it. Sounds interesting. LVM is not so great to use, BTRFS is better. Thanks again!

[@shubhjangid7881]

@@Doriandotslash Hello Sir, would you please let us know which theme and icons you are using in this distro? And thanks for the video especially (timeshift).

[@cameronwetzel7156]

I like how it's just assumed the audience has a .steam directory

[@mr.wonderful4307]

This is the best channel for learning Linux. Great graphics and screen shots, practical, he doesn't talk too fast, explains everything clearly. Excellent communication skills and a great voice. This is my Go To channel for Linux. 👍

[@Doriandotslash]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy the content :) Cheers!

[@choomanfoo]

I'm about to do a clean instal of Ubuntu on my late 2013 iMac. My greatest problem/fear has been how I'll backup my photos, music and documents once Ubuntu is up and running. All the explanations I've seen up to now have totally confused me, but yours was a joy to behold. Thank you most kindly!

[@anant6778]

personal data ? You mean my neck-deep, beyond-recognition custumization ? Hell yes i want that backed up !

[@anant6778]

Thanks Dorian ! Currently using TimeShift backups + disk mage backup with Mac's disk utility for extra safety

[@arunp8212]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge, it is very informative. You voice was very clear and explained very well.

[@Doriandotslash]

Thank you!

[@puteshestvuushij]

There are so many scenarios where data can be lost: rm -rf * executed in a bash scripts because a folder variable doesn't exist or isn't calculated properly or a hard disk failure. I've experienced both of them. And it was like the author of the video said - "too late". So I think it's worth investing time in understanding how to setup a proper backup strategy.

[@Doriandotslash]

Truth! Thanks 😁

[@thomasjenkinson4396]

Answered all my questions to move on, on myself. Thanks :)

[@eznix]

I used to rely on remastersys on Ubuntu from 7.10 through 14.04 for system backups by creating a live system from my installed installation. Systemback came to the rescue for Ubuntu 16.04 for the same purpose. Now I just reinstall Debian and keep a running list of the software to reinstall. I have yet to actually NEEDED any system backup yet, as I have not had a hard drive failure, but they were always a great peace of mind. Data should always be backed up separately. Great to hear you stress that. Good video.

[@Doriandotslash]

Thanks! Yes Systemback was great. It did install in 18.04, but complained that it only supports up to 16.04 since the devt has ceased. I seemed to backup fine, but I didn't want to risk trying a restore. TimeShift works great and is basically a powerful rsync manager/gui. But like we've both said, if disaster hits, just reinstall and carry on :) Thanks for the comment!

[@rudysal1429]

@@Doriandotslash How about if you are trying to restore system settings. Like configuration files that you changed or just random settings you changed to fit your needs? Is there a way to save a script to be able to run later, in the case of migrating to a new OS reinstallation or new PC. Also, I know its not related but is there a similar situation with saving settings and configuration files for Win10 so you can reinstall Win10 but also restore settings?

[@davidmanuel1301]

Really surprised your channel doesn't have more views, you are informative and concise in your explanations, this cleared up a shit ton about Linux for me, which will now help me in studying networking/infosec. Thanks mate! :)

[@Doriandotslash]

Thanks! I get a good amount of views but for some reason backups get no love lol

[@davidmanuel1301]

@@Doriandotslash Yeah I noticed that after I watched this and went on to a few high count videos. Glad you do well man, for new guys to Linux like me this stuff is like gold dust. Cheers for the time and effort made! Keep it up

[@xnxx2285]

idk why I giggled at thought of backing up the "trash" folder

[@itcloudguy]

14:00 - "If you don`t have stuff on your computer, if you don`t have pictures ... just ignore this video..." - :))) - very funny conclusion! :))) Thank you very much! :)

[@geoman1420]

Timeshift + Grsync for Linux system & home partitions backup. Important files are also stored on my NAS and i use an external USB3 HD to backup the NAS using automatic incremental backups.

[@Doriandotslash]

Nice. Yes I also did a video on TimeShift. I use it for full system backups on a separate partition and then backup my home folder separately onto my NAS which is a RAID5 array. Gotta keep those KZbin videos safe 😉

[@kvnptl4400]

Thanks, it was a very informative video. And it is a wakeup call for me as I started my backup after watching your video!

[@Stefan-gh7xr]

Your videos are really really good. Clear explanations. Well done!!

[@Doriandotslash]

Thank you! I appreciate it :)

[@invinciblemode]

Your videos have been amazing! I've always been a Windows + Linux dual boot user, but only a couple months ago I nuked windows and went full Linux. It's been great so far, I miss nothing from windows...

[@Doriandotslash]

That's great and I'm glad you're enjoying the videos! Unfortunately I need to keep Windows on my system for work and for Microsoft Access since there's no Linux version that I can use for our databases... Glad you took the plunge!

[@invinciblemode]

@@Doriandotslash Yeah, I'm lucky to be a freelancer and be able to use my own tools/stack for the most part.

[@chromerims]

Backups / Déjà Dupe 👍 Timeshift 👍 Nice video 👍

[@geoman1420]

For backups i use NAS setup with Raid6 +1 Hotspare disk - with Raid5 if one drive fails you are not protected until the array is rebuilt. The hotspare helps to rebuilt the array faster if one disk fails and there's no one around to replace it soon.

[@Doriandotslash]

Very true, and that would be better protection. But as it stands now, if I had a drive fail, I would replace it ASAP. Chances of a 2nd drive failing during that 1-2 days is astronomical. You can take backups to any number of extremes. Where I work, we actually move a copy of our monthly backup tapes to another building just in case the entire building burns down and we lose all our backups. This is on top of already having off-site backups over the network.

[@geoman1420]

@@Doriandotslash During an array rebuild the disks are stretched more and so failure rate increases. Unless you have already replaced some disks, they all degrade equally so if you get a disk failure, another one may follow soon. I have seen 3 disks needing replacement in just 15 days on a NAS running for 2,5 years on the same disks.

[@Doriandotslash]

Yep, it's possible. As I mentioned above, there are all kinds of extremes you can go to. For example, even your Raid6+1 is useless if the entire house burns down since you don't have an off-site backup. The only things I backup in the cloud are photos since the memories are priceless.

[@geoman1420]

@@Doriandotslash I keep off-site backups for the NAS at work, but for home a local (external HD) + cloud backups are more than enough.

[@richardbennett4365]

Back in Time and Timeshift are great, too.

[@KT-ut9zg]

Very cool video. Many thanks. Timeshift and backups/deja in place and working away.

[@Doriandotslash]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you

[@philpots48]

I use Vorta backup on a docking device with 2 hard drives alternating from one to the other.

[@kurshtivk8876]

this video made me realize to back up my files so i did it using mega its a cloud storage that i use incase my hdd is die

[@capedcrusader5282]

Miss I am doing the exact same thing now. Wow! It's good Cloud Platform!!!

[@melgibson6331]

i screwed up my week old lmde 3 cindy linux install but it came with timeshift and i had picked the system files for backup. After booting My computer, it would only show text on a black screen asking for a login/password and then just a blinking cursor. I inserted the live usb stick i used to installed linux, rebooted, and to my surprise when i opened time shift it had my restore point ready to be restored. The program was built to be used this way i just didnt read original instructions. So if your computer wont boot to the desktop and your clueless in the command line environment just set your pc to boot from live usb and open the timeshift program.

[@Doriandotslash]

Yep this is great to hear. I also did a video specifically on TimeShift as well, check it out and thanks for watching!

[@MG-fg5hs]

Thank you so much. Prose and to the point.

[@colbyhartman9467]

If the Nass wasnt so expensive i would get one but dam they would be worth the money you have very good content brother have a great day or night not sure where your at in the world but you got a follower. I am in the process of getting away from windows amd going to Linux amd for now im going to Linux mint atm. I have used the mint before...

[@SHEETALSHARMA-tz7sm]

Déjà Dup (Backups) -> 2:45 TimeShift -> 11:04

[@ahmedtamer3427]

When I tried using Deja dup n chose an ext hard drive for the backup says that the storage location not available n timeshift won't work cuz the linux partition

[@ozrencupac]

I bought a 1tb hdd and backed everything there and im happy

[@GeneralPurposeVehicl]

I just buggered an upgrade two weeks ago and lost 200-500 raw screenshots fixing it. I still have to restore the January image to get the ones that I have not fully lost. The reason I don't do backups frequently is because it takes 18+ hours to image the whole system. And if you are wondering, was tweaked just about every where, so normally untouched directories like /usr had some files altered or outright replaced.

[@Doriandotslash]

You should check out TimeShift. I did a video on it here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGHXaXiEaNNnf6M The first backup will be huge, but backups after it will be very fast because it only backs up new or changed files. This also makes backups after the first one much smaller. Check out the video I linked and good luck!

[@theSEGAtwistisover9k]

just what I wanted thank you!

[@Doriandotslash]

Thank you and I hope you found it useful :)

[@rectify2003]

Thankyou Dorian Im looking for a simple backup that allows external drives. I need to backup everything as a first backup and then incrementally manually or auto

[@SANA4SPA]

Thank you very much !!!!

[@tabbarsg]

This is awesome quality content

[@samuelitooooo]

Thanks for this. It definitely gave some clarity on the two different types of backups. Is it possible to use one [external] hard drive for both file backups and snapshots? Is this what partitions allow?

[@AssTelescope]

I can’t believe this video didn’t mention encryption. I would hate for my computer to be stolen and for my photos to be leaked online or for personal documents financial data to get out.

[@Doriandotslash]

This video is about backups in general. Obviously if you have any sensitive data, it should be secured somehow even if it's NOT a backup and it's sitting in your home folder. But that's not what I'm covering here.

[@AssTelescope]

DorianDotSlash you can’t talk about backups without talking about encryption. It’s too important

[@fugyu762]

@@AssTelescope you talk talk about encryption without talking about the rise of the paleolithic era

[@sudarshanthite5937]

Very nice video

[@Doriandotslash]

Thanks

[@Ivan989000462]

thanx so much

[@markalmeida3816]

Thank you!!!!!

[@7ohndy]

Please tell me how to solve this error "Could not understand duplicity version."?

[@Doriandotslash]

What is giving you this error?

[@CanecaProductions]

Please do a tut on how to install photoshop in ubuntu 18.04. Thanks

[@Doriandotslash]

I think I will, I've been asked about it many many times :)

[@stub1116]

Brilliant!

[@Doriandotslash]

Thank ya! Also check out my video on backing up with TimeShift!

[@786saga]

very informative, thank you and which distro is that you are using its looking cool please tell.

[@Doriandotslash]

Thank you! In this video I was using Manjaro Gnome.

[@JLMoriart]

Thank you so much for making a video about exactly what I (and I have to imagine many others) wanted to know, with equally valuable supplemental information. Do you take Bitcoin Cash tips/contributions?

[@Doriandotslash]

Not so much bitcoin but I do take PayPal donations.

[@thecampbells2320]

What icon/folders theme is this? What distro? I like the look of it.

[@Doriandotslash]

Icons are Arc-Maia and Moka. System theme is Matcha.

[@the.meat.man.]

Created a back up using deja dup. Im trying to restore and its giving another duplicity instance is already running with this archive directory

[@cocoafatale]

What version of linux are you using? Also where did you get your wallpaper from

[@richardbennett4365]

On site backup is okay, but should not be the only backup. A disaster in the home or office where the external HDD or SSD is connected to the computer won't help much. There needs to be off site backups as well as on site backups.

[@NoEgg4u]

Do either of the backup solutions you reviewed (or any others) allow you to peruse your backup archive? In other words, can you mount the archive, and then use your terminal or file manager to copy files from the archive back to wherever you need those files to be? Thank you.

[@Doriandotslash]

Timeshift allows you to browse files since the backups are regular folders. Deja-Dup makes backups in archived files.

[@NoEgg4u]

@@Doriandotslash Thank you. I think that Timeshift is the solution that I have been seeking. Have a good weekend.

[@qianbang_]

I don't do backups, I live the danger~!

[@Doriandotslash]

LOL

[@SANA4SPA]

Do you have any instructional videos on how to remove windows 7 from a dual boot Zorin 15.1 OS?

[@reclee8333]

Can Timeshift backups be used to 'restore' to another computer? Kind of 'fresh installation', so you won't have to manually do everything for the OS, it's updates and the needed packages(applications).

[@Doriandotslash]

That might work, but it would be better and faster to boot from a USB with something like GParted Live and just create an ISO file from your disk. Then you can use that ISO file to make a clone onto another computer.

[@justw4lkbesideme]

Thx

[@manvendrasingh4556]

is xfce4-appmenu-plugin works in tint2

[@SecrootIn]

How their is an icon of photoshop in your app drawer?

[@aazamben]

me with multiple HDDs: I should look at backup videos

[@TheBatTech]

Thanks make it clear for me! You voice sound like the Microsoft Narrator though

[@Doriandotslash]

Thanks! Yes I've heard that many times :)

[@richardbennett4365]

Differential? I think deja dup is doing incremental, not differential.

[@deepakshivraj4881]

Question: If I use fedora which uses btrfs from F33 and when I use timeshift to backup should I choose Rsync or Btrfs

[@Doriandotslash]

Either will work, but rsync is simpler.

[@deepakshivraj4881]

@@Doriandotslash Thank you

[@owaisahmedkhan2245]

How to create this smb localhost ip address window share please guide?? In my laptop showing that there is no recent server. Please guide me about this

[@PeterHendricks59]

If you buy a NAS, its manual will explain it and probably make it even easier. SMB is the networking protocol from Windows that is now also used in other systems, like Linux. If you have a share named Public on a computer (or NAS, which is also a computer) called mypc then the format is: smb://mypc/Public.

[@HAWXLEADER]

Your blender folder looks like mine...

[@KunalSaini97]

I want to migrate my Manjaro OS to a new laptop with all the same customisation, settings,programs etc. Just as it is... Is it possible?

[@Doriandotslash]

You could do a complete clone of your hard drive to another drive, but that means removing one of the hard drives from a laptop and using an adapter so it can be accessed with USB...

[@robbylock1741]

"Blessed are the Pessimists! For they hath made backups!" Book of Exasperation Chapter 4 verse 18

[@duanehoureld1]

What would you recommend for backing up a lammp server together with permissions ?

[@duanehoureld1]

i ment lampp server

[@Doriandotslash]

TimeShift

[@ock538]

new to linux do these videos expire ? after many yrs is it still same in 2021?

[@Doriandotslash]

It should still be relevant today.

[@12kenbutsuri]

But how do you restore backups?

[@benpit5012]

~/. Local/+share is quite large usually. ~/. Cargo as well

[@richardbennett4365]

Thanks, but don't confuse differential backups with incremental backups. The narrator explained an incremental, but called it differential.

[@AliAkbar-zv4jv]

sudo apt install deja-dup This the needful cmd to install deja-dup in Ubuntu

[@FredHendrix]

Can snapshots be read only as defense against ransomware?

[@Doriandotslash]

If you store your backups on an external drive, then they should be safe if you unplug or unmount it. I have a backup partition on my disk in my computer, and it's only ever mounted when I perform backups or restores, and you need the password to mount it.

[@hammerheadcorvette4]

Read-Only snapshots is a very good security model. ESPECIALLY for Windows

[@breadpan4560]

i like your voice

[@Doriandotslash]

Thanks!

[@sunaynanagpal]

Wallpaper please

[@cosmo0080]

do u still recommend Déjà Dup?

[@Doriandotslash]

Yes, but I prefer TimeShift.

[@Maydara86]

Nice video, a question tho, if I backup my home folder and reinstall ubuntu will I get the same settings for my ZSH and terminal theme? also can you please make a video about the different kind of shell and what is best to use for a noob web dev like me please.

[@Doriandotslash]

All your user application settings should be restored from a backup of the home folder. For a terminal theme, you will have to ensure you check where the themes are stored, and if they’re not in the home folder then you need to back them up as well.

[@PeterHendricks59]

But only if the relevant hidden files/folders have not been excluded from the backup.