Sugar on a Stick/deja-dup

Deja-dup Backup

deja-dup is a nice way to graphically backup your soas live USB/SD

Déjà Dup is a simple backup tool. It hides the complexity of doing backups the 'right way' (encrypted, off-site, and regular) and uses duplicity as the backend.

Features:

• Support for local or remote backup locations, including Amazon S3
• Securely encrypts and compresses your data
• Incrementally backs up, letting you restore from any particular backup
• Schedules regular backups
• Integrates well into your GNOME desktop

Installation

PC running from booted soas v3 Mirabelle USB:

In sugar-terminal:

su
yum install duplicity deja-dup

How to USE to Backup Your Soas v3 Mirabelle USB

PC running from booted soas v3 Mirabelle USB:

• Insert 2nd USB (formatted fat32)
• sugar-terminal

deja-dup

• Graphical Application starts

Initial Configuration

• edit/Preferences (on top bar of window)
• Backup location: other / places /<your 2nd usb> <open> (scroll up to find your 2nd USB)
• Include files in folders ( Home folder is selected) /Add / File system /mnt/live/ <Open>
• Close

Backup

• sugar-terminal

(not root)

deja-dup

• Graphical Application starts
• Backup

Restore to new replacement Soas live USB

• In sugar-terminal:

su
yum install duplicity deja-dup

• repeat Initial configuration (listed above)
• Insert 2nd usb with backup done previosly
• sugar-terminal

deja-dup

• Graphical Application starts
• Restore

Notes

• Use a dedicated USB for Backups for EACH Live USB you are working with
• Keep and mark them in pairs

• Backs up and restores

/usr/share/sugar/activities
/home/liveuser/Activities
liveOS and syslinux directories
  (Overlay-live-xxx (persistence)
   OSmin.img Squashfs.img files

• Does Not backup journal

• Can be sugarized [1] so it will appear as an installed application in the f3 ring of Mirabelle

• SugarClone [2][3] will duplicate a sugarized installation

References

https://launchpad.net/deja-dup