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Deja-dup Backup Mirabelle
- soas-v2- Blueberry follow this link [1]
Déjà Dup provides a nice graphical interface for backing up your SoaS live USB/SD installation
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
From a computer booted from SoaS Mirabelle,
In the Terminal Activity, first switch users to the root user,Then install the software,
su
yum install duplicity deja-dup
12 Pkgs 6.5M
How back up your Soas Mirabelle installation
- Insert a 2nd USB storage device (formatted fat32)
- In the Terminal Activity
deja-dup
- Graphical application starts
Initial Configuration
- edit/Preferences (on top bar of window)
- Backup location: other / places /<your 2nd USB device> <open> (scroll up to find your device)
- Include files in folders ( Home folder is selected)
- Close
Backup
- in the Terminal (as the default liveuser account)
deja-dup
- Graphical application starts
- Backup
Restore to a new replacement SoaS live USB device
- Insert 2nd USB device with backup done previously
- In the Terminal Activity
su
yum install duplicity deja-dup
- Repeat initial configuration (listed above)
- In Terminal
deja-dup
- Graphical application starts
- Restore
Notes
- Does Not back up the Sugar Journal
- use these applications to Backup/Restore the journal:
- Backup 4 (Activity) http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4326
- Restore 3 (Activity) http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4327
- Use the same soas.iso to make a replacement USB device for Restoration.
- Can be sugarized Talk:Sugar_on_a_Stick/Installation/Variations#How_To_Sugarize_liveusb-creator so it will appear as an installed application in the Home view of Mirabelle.
- Sugar Clone, Sugar on a Stick/Sugar Clone, will duplicate a live SoaS installation.
References
How to sugarize deja-dup
Link [2]