rpi-clone
A shell script to clone a booted disk. (by billw2)
TimeShift
System restore tool for Linux. Creates filesystem snapshots using rsync+hardlinks, or BTRFS snapshots. Supports scheduled snapshots, multiple backup levels, and exclude filters. Snapshots can be restored while system is running or from Live CD/USB. (by teejee2008)
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| rpi-clone | TimeShift | |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 142 | |
| 2,437 | 4,441 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 4.7 | |
| about 1 month ago | over 1 year ago | |
| Shell | Vala | |
| BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License | GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only |
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rpi-clone
Posts with mentions or reviews of rpi-clone.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-17.
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Considerations for a long-running Raspberry Pi
I've been running a bunch of Pi's for years now, and the biggest problem I've had is the Pi itself dying: 24/7 usage is hard on a small device. I've also found that stable power is essential, and to that end I've always used 5v 3a branded power cubes, plugged into a pure sine wave UPS. Choice of micro-SDHC cards is important and I ended up getting ATP industrial cards (https://www.atpinc.com/products/industrial-sd-cards) - expensive but really long-lived. Finally, using RPi-clone (https://github.com/billw2/rpi-clone) on a regular basis has been a life-saver. I clone to Sandisk Extreme micro-SDHCs and can recover from an outage in minutes.
- Cloning SD card in CLI to use in another pi question.
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Boot Pi4 from an SSD, not the MicroSD card
I would normally use the Pi SD-Card copier to duplicate the SD-Card to an SSD but I'm unsure if this is available on the Ubuntu image - you could possibly use this program [Github] if you are not keen on using dd with a running system.
- DIY Raspberry / Orange Pi NAS That Looks Like a NAS β 2023 Edition
- 2022 Oct 31 π Stickied π ΅π °π & ππππππππ thread - Boot problems? Power supply problems? Display problems? Networking problems? Need ideas? Get help with these and other questions! π¨πΊπ² π―π¬πΉπ¬ ππ°πΉπΊπ»
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Help needed on setting up Pi to boot from SSD
Then you will need to clone the SD to the SSD, you can use many tools that are available from your desktop computer or you can try with rpi-clone, just connect the SSD with Pi booted from SD, stop any possible service/docker to prevent any copy error and run, adapting device naming but usually will be (check device with dmesg):
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Help needed on setting up Pi to boot from SSD..
I used rpi-clone, it was super easy. Whole process took 10 minutes. https://github.com/billw2/rpi-clone
- I wish I wouldβve switched to SSD Boot years ago
- Is it possible to convert an bootable sd to a bootable usb-ssd?
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Finished my very own Smart Mirror!
rpi-clone
TimeShift
Posts with mentions or reviews of TimeShift.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-27.
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Need a way to use BTRFS snapshots for system backups? Use BTRFS assistant, not Timeshift!
The previous developer of timeshiftβTony George (GitHub) β has been the developer since 2017 (based on GitHub version history), and has recently handed off development to the Linux Mint team.
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How do you do backups of your drives?
I use both timeshift & duplicity
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Timeshift - User Home Directories, Exclude All Files or Include All Files?
Don't believe me or u/acejavelin69 - read what the developer has to say about user data and why it is disabled by default. https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift
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Mysterious Timeshift update
Version v22.06.6 Latest
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set up timeshift on fedora 37
The original dev used ubuntu and only wanted to support the default ubuntu layout: https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift/issues/821
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System backup software question.
What system backup software can you recommend? In the past on Ubuntu I tested Timeshift, and it looks really cool. But the "main problem" is thing, that some options not work in Fedora: https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift, specifically BTRFS. What does it mean, this is a problem?
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Backup solution before system upgrade to Fedora 37
- [Timeshift](https://github.com/teejee2008/timeshift) or [Deja Dup](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/DejaDup) and back-up everything.
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How to include /root and /home/user in timeshift snapshots
What I tried is to add "exclude" : [ "+ /home/user1/**", "+ /root/**", "+ /home/user2/**", ], to /etc/timeshift.json as per this post but the files within those folders still aren't included in the backup.
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Ubuntu 22.10 Timeshift
Releases Β· teejee2008/timeshift Was fixed. Get PPA from that repo to have the latest release.
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Best configuration for bare hypervisor distro FOR DESKTOP VMs
Are you sure you need a full on virtual machine, rather than a system snapshotting tool like Snapper or Timeshift?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing rpi-clone and TimeShift you can also consider the following projects:
DietPi - Lightweight justice for your single-board computer!
Back In Time - Back In Time - An easy-to-use backup tool for GNU Linux using rsync in the back
86Box - Emulator of x86-based machines based on PCem.
snapper - Manage filesystem snapshots and allow undo of system modifications
PiShrink-to-Crontab - Raspberry; PiShrink to Crontab
BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.
Rufus - The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
Rsnapshot - a tool for backing up your data using rsync (if you want to get help, use https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rsnapshot-discuss)
log2ram - ramlog like for systemd (Put log into a ram folder)
Duplicati - Store securely encrypted backups in the cloud!
multimon-ng
restic - Fast, secure, efficient backup program