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Remastersys is a tool that can be used to do 2 things with an existing Debian, Ubuntu or derivative installation. 1. It can make a full system backup including personal data to a live cd or dvd that you can use anywhere and install. 2. It can make a distributable copy you can share with friends. This will not have any of your personal user data in it.

Redo – Le live CD des backups et récupérations de fichiers

J’ai écrit un petit script simple pour faire un backup complet de toutes les bases de données MySQL qui sont sur le système. Il suffit de créer un fichier avec le code suivant en modifiant « utilisateur » et « motdepasse » en fonction de ton système (l’utilisateur ici doit avoir un accès aux bases de données). Michael Zwyssig

Script simple pour backup de bases de données MySQL

This guide will help you automate your backups on your Linux rig so you will always have your files up to date.

netboot.me is a service that allows you to boot nearly any operating system or utility on any computer with a wired internet connection - without having to know ahead of time what you'll want to boot. Once you can netboot.me, you never need to update your boot disk again! netboot.me works through the magic of netbooting. There are a number of ways to boot a computer with netboot.me. The simplest is to download a bootable image and burn it to a CD, USB memory stick, or floppy disk. Boot off it on any networked computer, and it will automatically fetch the latest boot options from netboot.me and let you choose from dozens of installation, recovery, testing, portable desktop and other tools. You can also start netboot.me from any computer running gPXE, or from any netbootable computer with some simple tweaks to your DHCP server.

SpiderOak offers a different approach to online backup by combining a suite of services into one consolidated tool - free online backup, synchronization, sharing, remote access, and storage. This difference is further measured in our zero-knowledge privacy policy - the first one ever employed in this setting. Our flexible design allows you to handle data from any operating system (Mac, Windows and Linux) or location (external drives, network volumes, USB keys, etc...) using just one centralized account.

Permet une synchronisation unidirectionnelle ou bidirectionnelle de répertoires, locaux ou distants (par ssh, ou simple socket). Donc vous pouvez modifier des fichiers dans les deux répertoires, Unison s'occupe de les synchroniser. Quand il ne parvient pas à résoudre les conflits, il vous propose des choix. En mode unidirectionnel, ça remplace sans problème rsync. Il est multiplateformes (on peut synchroniser entre Win/Linux/etc.), économe (ne transfers que les parties modifiées d'un fichier, et fait des transfers compressés), sûr (vous pouvez l'arrêter en plein milieu d'une synchro avec très peu de risques de perte). Fonctionne en ligne de commande ou avec une interface graphique (GTK). Même la version ligne de commande est claire et simple à utiliser. Si vous avez besoin d'autres logiciels de synchronisation, voir égalemenbt Wikipedia, DeltaCopy ou cwRsync.

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As of rsync-2.5.6, the --link-dest option is now standard! That can be used instead of the separate cp -al and rsync stages, and it eliminates the ownerships/permissions bug. I now recommend using it. Also, I'm proud to report this article is mentioned in Linux Server Hacks, a new (and very good, in my opinion) O'Reilly book by compiled by Rob Flickenger.

But since much of the data consists of remote filesystem snapshots produced using rsnapshot, which makes copious use of hard links, it's rather important that I do this correctly. If I don't, the data won't even

rsnapshot is a filesystem snapshot utility for making backups of local and remote systems.

SystemImager lets you create images of your Linux installations. To do so, you need an image server (should have enough disk space to store your images) and a so-called golden client (i.e., the system of which you want to make an image). This means that you have to install some software on your image server and on your golden client in order to run SystemImager. This tutorial shows how to install a SystemImager server and a SystemImager client, both using Ubuntu 8.10, and how to create/update/restore/delete images.

Linux only: QuickStart, a free automation utility for Ubuntu Linux systems, makes it easy to perform partial or full system backups of any partition, synchronize folders and update them on a schedule, and take care of other tasks a beginner would normally need to spend serious time researching. The tiny app opens a simple interface listing your choices, although dialog prompts guide you through any steps requiring input. The tools for installing DVD playing codecs, backing up your Master Boot Record, and creating synchronized backups seem particularly helpful, and while I haven't tested every function, a handful of them completed without any problems. QuickStart is a free download for Ubuntu systems only; both links below carry non-terminal installation instructions for the script.