Backup

Copy or backup IMAP mailbox to different server.

Update tar archive.

Use FUSE (filesystem in userspace) to access rdiff-backup repository.

Dockerize rdiff-backup to create a personal single-user instance with SSH and web interface provided by rdiffweb.

Specify a custom SSH port when using rdiff-backup.

Perform simple incremental backup using rdiff-backup utility.

Today I needed to archive every non-hidden directory in several different locations. I do not like to repeat myself so after a while I quickly created a shell script to accomplish this task.

If you ever wanted to create bootable recovery USB Flash Drive then I have good news for you as it can be achieved in several simple steps using Clonezilla Live CD, external USB Hard Drive, and a target USB Flash Drive.

Today I will describe how to use rsync over ssh using four simple examples as it is a very convenient way to perform a secure and automated backup.

A couple of months ago, I published a short script to backup MySQL databases. Today I created a simple shell script to backup selected directories.

Simple shell script to backup MySQL databases.

This is just a short note, more information can be found directly at the MikroTik Wiki – Automated Backups.

DOS partition table We can use sfdisk to dump partition table in usable format and store it: $ sudo sfdisk -d /dev/sda > sda_partitions Partition table can be restored using stored backup: $ sudo sfdisk /dev/sda < sda_partitions Partition table can be easily cloned (from sda to sdz in this example): $ sudo sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sfdisk /dev/sdz GPT To backup GUID partition table use sgdisk command (from gdisk package): $ sudo sgdisk -b sda_gpt_backup /dev/sda Restore it in similar way:

VirtualBox command-line interface (VBoxManage) provides an easy way to convert the raw disk image to the VDI/VMDK format and otherwise.