Brand new 128GB SSD on USB not booting after 4 weeks OMV 7

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    Automatic backup and an easily documented restore process are not two things that go together for linux noobs.

    Amen...


    How can I automatically backup my USB-Drive or SSD with the OMV-system to another NAS and how exactly is the restore process? All this for someone with 5 thumbs in every hand regarding LINUX.

    The automatic backup part of this is relatively easy. The restoration process is another matter altogether. There are a lot of variables induced by the way it's set up by a user, hardware considerations, the type of restore, etc.

    If you're wobbling with Linux, your best bet is to go with thumbdrives and off-line cloning. A walk through of cloning and the restoration process can be found -> here.
    When looking at this topic and trying to come up with a backup / restore process (and a written procedure) that all could easily accomplish, cloning thumbdrives was the best thing I could come up with.

  • I just did a backup with USB Image Tool, restored it to another USB stick and it's working like a charm.

    Would have preferred a automatism without need to pull out the stick, but anyway.

    3x OMV-NAS systems with ASUS H87I-PLUS

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    Would have preferred a automatism without need to pull out the stick, but anyway.

    The ddfull option in the openmediavault-backup plugin effectively does the same thing IF you have a normal setup where everything for the OS is on one disk and you aren't using LVM or btrfs/zfs for the filesystem.

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    Would have preferred a automatism without need to pull out the stick, but anyway.

    As noted in the doc, you don't need to backup the OS on a regular basis. Regular security / package updates and similar changes have no impact on the overall function of your NAS. The only time updating the cloned backup is required is when you make a "functional change" to your NAS.

    Some examples:
    - Add (or delete) a share.
    - Add a user or make some other change that affects share permissions.
    - Swap out a physical drive.
    - Add or delete a Docker.

    Etc., etc. We're talking about things that change the configuration of your NAS.

    I think you'll find that you'll only need to update the clone once every three to six months. Possibly less.

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