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Questions tagged [backup-restoration]

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Copying snapshot to another machine

I currently have exported an OVA of certain systems so I have a complete backup. After certain changes were made ( additional users added to LDAP for example), I created a snapshot. Would I be able to copy this snapshot to the location where my OVA…
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Centos 7 - back up and restore to "clean" state

Would like to back up my system configuration in Centos 7. What is a good way to do this? Requirements There is no special data that needs to be backed up Would like to be able to save and restore to the state that the system was in after I spent…
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Restore multiple files with rdiff-backup

Has anyone written a script to restore multiple files/directories at once using rdiff-backup on windows? Single files work fine.
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Restore files that are not in the Bacula database using a Bacula file deamon

I have a backup made with Bacula on tapes. Files are not listed in the Bacula's catalog. I want to restore files inside the directory, listed one per line in needed.lst (last line empty) onto a remote host remote_host using the file daemon which has…
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Cannot restore duplicity backup

I've created a backup of my home folder, to a remote system, using duplicity 0.6.26: duplicity --no-compression --no-encryption . scp://... while being in the home folder. Now I seem to be unable to restore the backup. I've copied everything from…
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Elasticsearch Snapshot Restore with Merge

I'm experimenting with Elasticsearch in relation to backups and restoring data. I can back up data into a snapshot using curator no problems. I then physically delete the files related to the index (to somewhat simulate a HD crash etc.) I restart…
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Advice on migrating RDS MySQL databases from one AWS account to another

I am currently planning a migration of AWS resources from one account to another. This includes several MySQL RDS instances. After some research it looks like a "dump and load" strategy is needed. My goal was to dump everything that was part of the…
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Examine MySQL INNODB folder

Consider the following situation. I currently have an Ubuntu installation installed in my Virtual Machine. This installation has mysql installed in it. Data for the mysql-server can be found under; /var/lib/mysql A default installation…
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Restoring AIX ufsdump on another Unix system

I've previously tried to restore from an AIX mksysb image (question here). I managed to find another set of nightly AIX backups that look to have been made with ufsdump: # mt -t /dev/rmt/1h rew # dd if=/dev/rmt/1h of=./tapeThu3.out bs=512k 0+116608…
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restore mongoDB databases from manual backup (not used mongodump): strange permission problems

Is it possible to restore databases which were manually copied from /var/lib/mongodb to eg. /home/foo/mongobackup ? I am not sure if the backup was made after stopping the mongod service. Either way, no files were written to the database when doing…
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Versioned storage for large files (PSDs, FLVs etc)

We're currently scouting for solutions to a versioning/storage problem for large creative works. The designers themselves seem to want SVN, but this seems like an inappropriate mechanism. Files are expected to be in the 10mb-200mb range, they will…
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How to retain original file ownership information While recovering files from windows server sbs2011 backup

Background: Windows SBS2011/2008 R2 Microsoft Word Documents Windows built in backup and restore Plot: Some user/s moved some sensitive files to a public network drive and I was told to move them immediately and find out who did it. Without…
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Restore data only from Time Machine

I'll have following scenario: 1, I use Time Machine to backup my data from my Mac, I excluded Applications folder and some others, so I really backup data only 2, I'll buy new Snow Leopard 3, I want totally clean install, so when installing Snow…
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How do I recover a WinXP system from Norton Systemworks Save & Restore?

I'm helping a friend with a dead hard drive on a Windows XP machine. He has full backups with Norton Systemworks' Save & Restore. Our hope is to restore a backup to a new hard drive without having to reinstall Windows on the new disk. Is that…
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Protecting Backups from Viruses

Currently we are using ReadyNAS RN102 by NETGEAR to hold all our images from all our machines. My question is can viruses expand from the machines and infect the NAS drive and the backups? We are using AOMEI Backupper. EDIT: Basically, I want to…
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