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how to make a full system backup excluding data and restoring it to a new system
Post 302478932 by pagaille on Thursday 9th of December 2010 08:33:12 AM
12-09-2010
how to make a full system backup excluding data and restoring it to a new system
Hi,
In order to have a sand box machine that I could use to test some system changes before going to production state, I'd like to duplicate a working system to a virtual one. Ideally, I'd like to manage to do it this way :
- Make a full system backup excluding the user file system (this system is used as mail and file server)
- Being able to send the data directly to the virtual machine by using the network. (no intermediate backup disk)
Is it possible ?
Thanks for your help !
Matthieu
In order to have a sand box machine that I could use to test some system changes before going to production state, I'd like to duplicate a working system to a virtual one. Ideally, I'd like to manage to do it this way :
- Make a full system backup excluding the user file system (this system is used as mail and file server)
- Being able to send the data directly to the virtual machine by using the network. (no intermediate backup disk)
Is it possible ?
Thanks for your help !
Matthieu
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
bbackupd-config
BBACKUPD-CONFIG(8) Box Backup BBACKUPD-CONFIG(8) NAME
bbackupd-config - Box Backup client daemon configuration file generator SYNOPSIS
bbackupd-config config-dir backup-mode account-num server-hostname working-dir backup-dir [backup-dir ...] DESCRIPTION
The bbackupd-config script creates configuration files and client certificates. It takes at least six parameters: config-dir Configuration directory. Usually /etc/box. backup-mode Either lazy or snapshot. account-num The client account number. This is set by the bbstored administrator. server-hostname The hostname or IP address of the bbstored server. working-dir A directory to keep temporary state files. This is usually something like /var/bbackupd. This can be changed in bbackupd.conf later on if required. backup-dir A space-separated list of directories to be backed up. Note that this does not traverse mount points. FILES
/etc/box/bbackupd.conf /etc/box/bbackupd/NotifySysAdmin.sh SEE ALSO
bbackupd.conf(5), bbackupd(8), bbackupctl(8) AUTHORS
Ben Summers Per Thomsen James O'Gorman Box Backup 0.11 10/28/2011 BBACKUPD-CONFIG(8)