UTILITY TO BACKUP AND RESTORE OMV CONFIGURATION

omv-regen

Copy and paste the following line into a terminal and run it as root or with sudo.

wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xhente/omv-regen/master/omv-regen.sh | bash

• STEP 1. Create a backup of the original system with omv-regen.
• STEP 2. Do a fresh installation of OMV on the disk you want and connect the original data drives.
• STEP 3. Use omv-regen to regenerate the original system configuration on the new system.

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In order to simplify maintenance work, the help documentation is only on github. You can read the complete omv-regen documentation in Spanish or English by following this link. https://github.com/xhente/omv-regen

You can ask questions in this thread Questions about omv-regen Or also on github if you prefer.

omv-regen 7.0.17 will detect if a system reboot is necessary after applying updates by performing a backup. If necessary, the server will be restarted. https://github.com/xhente/omv-…3cab409f3fe41ce33de1cca21

You can use this to configure automatic updates on the server. Select the option to update the system in omv-regen backup. Schedule a scheduled task in the OMV GUI that runs the omv-regen backup command. The system will be automatically updated and the configurations required by Salt will be applied before the backup is performed. Once the backup is finished, the system will automatically reboot if necessary.

If you detect that there has been a problem during a system update you can always check the omv-regen log in /var/log/omv-regen.log to see what happened.

omv-regen 7.1.0 is available!!

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Since its creation in April 2023, omv-regen has been a tool designed to migrate OpenMediaVault configurations between systems.

However, its scope was limited by the online availability of package versions.

Today, with the arrival of version 7.1, that limitation is gone.

This version introduces the ability to store and reuse packages from a local repository, making it possible to fully and faithfully regenerate a system — even months later.

Thus, omv-regen is no longer just a migration utility but a true backup and restoration solution without time limits.

The invaluable help of Aaron Murray and ChatGPT —to whom I extend my deepest gratitude— has been essential in achieving this milestone.

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It's been fun to do. I hope it's helpful to many !!