Boot Drive Cloning Frequency

  • Obviously, coming from Windows and not understanding the inner working of either Linux or OMV, I need instruction.

    Drives fail, no ifs and or buts about them, they fail. So having at least one backup (verified boot-able) image of your system/boot drive is essential.


    So forgive me when I don't understand why a YouTube guru would recommend several flash drives and to automate a monthly back-up???

    Does OMV continuously make changes on the boot drive to track the "vault" drives? Is there a reason for this monthly backing up?


    I can see that if I make changes to the configuration I might want to shortly thereafter make a new back-up. But, monthly with out explanation??????:?:

  • Monthly OMV boot drive backup? Not here. I make an automated backup daily @ 3:00am. I keep the last seven backups.

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    • Offizieller Beitrag

    I do backups/clones of the system drive when I did mayor modifications to the system or if there have been significant updates. In the end I think it is about balancing the effort for backup and the effort you need after you did a restore to reach your current state.


    For gderf the effort for backup is small as he has automated the process.


    Currently I do backup of the OS about every 2-3 month.

    Backup of data is another story, of course.

  • macom, thanks!


    I did a clone and it booted, sort've, got an fschk error 4 with a recommendation to run fschk manually.....

    I am *so* in over my head... Have to look at taking a class at TECH in LInux! At least I'm retired now... :)

    Put the original back in so I am still up and running....


    Maybe in two to three months I'll have gotten a go clone? :) BEST To You and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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