At times like this we will wish IBM to port AIX mksyb to Linux! "Andres Montiel, CUA" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Thanks everyone for the tips. I read about dd ( >https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DriveImaging) and the Wikipedia entry >linked below. Now I know that I'm looking for something that can do live >copying and (as per my understanding) dd is able to do this. However, would >anyone know of a GUI-based solution? I'm not well-versed with the command >line and would rather fiddle with a GUI. > >I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 and SimpleBackupSuite seems attractive. However, the >wiki (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/SimpleBackupSuite) >noted 48 open bugs so I was hoping there are other, more stable options. :) > >On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 10:07 AM, fooler mail <[email protected]> wrote: > >> this will guide you for your needs... >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_disk_cloning_software >> >> fooler. >> >> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 10:06 PM, Andres Montiel, CUA <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I have a headless Ubuntu server acting primarily as a file server. It has >> 2 >> > hard drives - a primary 500GB drive and a recently added 1TB drive. The >> 1TB >> > drive is partitioned to 2, each having 500GB. >> > >> > The 500GB - the bootable disk - houses around 8 years of photos and >> movies. >> > I want to back up the primary 500GB drive to one of the partitions on the >> > 1TB disk. However, I want the backup to be bootable (probably as an >> image?) >> > so that I can easily restore the main 500GB should anything happen to it. >> > >> > I was thinking of Clonezilla perhaps, and saving the image to one of the >> > partitions on the 1TB. However, this would mean that I would have to >> restart >> > the machine, boot via a USB disk, etc. Since this machine is on 24/7, I >> was >> > hoping that there is a way to back up the main drive without any downtime >> (a >> > cron job perhaps?). I tried Googling for a solution, but I may have used >> > wrong search terms because I wasn't able to find anything useful. >> > >> > Any tips on how to solve this would be appreciated. :) >> > >> > _________________________________________________ >> > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> > >_________________________________________________ >Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
