Comments on: Perform backups for the Linux operating system

By: Soni Peterson

Soni Peterson — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:54:50 +0000

I need some help in taking backup of system video drivers as well as to create exxact replica machine

By: Purnima

Purnima — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:10:47 +0000

Hi,

I need some help in doing Backup/Restore of the OS Settings and System Configuration. How should i do back up for that in Linux,please guide me are there
any links available for Backup of OS Setting and system configuration for Linux,please let me know ASAP.

By: Ramakrishna

Ramakrishna — Tue, 17 May 2011 07:36:24 +0000

Hi,

This is Ramakrishna, Really your backup article is so pretty. we are improving our technical backup skills by following your articles. really these are awesome ones..
can you provide any additional backup opensource softwares and methods in linux(Redhat) / Unix (solaris 10).

thanks
with best regards
Ramakrishna

By: George Fleites

George Fleites — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:15:27 +0000

This is a very good information about how important backups are, now that I know all that what should I do?
Type “Backup my server to the USB drive” at the console?
Thank you, George

By: kiran kumar D.S

kiran kumar D.S — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:41:29 +0000

hi this is kiran,i have a query of how to restore a file which is permanently deleted in ubuntu 9.04.plz answer my question in the nearest time.bye

By: Jeff Kayser

Jeff Kayser — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:23:33 +0000

I was researching Linux backups, and discovered that although dump/restore (and it’s variants) are good backup programs for UNIX, they are NOT good backup programs for Linux. So says Linus Torvalds:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/admin-guide/s1-disaster-rhlspec.html

By: Ravindra Lawand

Ravindra Lawand — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:07:21 +0000

I have a query, how can we take back up in Red Hat Linux by attaching tape drives to it, means
by which command we mount drive and then by which command backup will be stored in that tape,
kindly suggest..

By: Deepu

Deepu — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:07:50 +0000

Many thanks for remembering us with some of the useful steps to be undertaken before taking backup.
Also i would like to mention about another backup tool – “MondoRescue”. For me it worked fine – easy backup, recovery, etc. Its even available for the 64 bit machines..

By: artiomix

artiomix — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:20:37 +0000

Nice one! Thanks! I recommend to use Unix ‘dump’ and ‘restore’ utilities for entire filesystem backup.

By: Wondwossen

Wondwossen — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:02:24 +0000

My name is Wondwossen , I am from Ethiopia , Africa .I am a system admin at a state bank.I really liked what you have preseted here. It has really helped me a lot. Thank for your effort keep it up