Re: Issues · bit-team/backintime
I’m finally about to update my OS, but I’d planned to use a different (shorter) username & hostname — what will I need to do to restore my files and BiT profiles? I know I can manually copy (or rsync) them from the backup folders, but would like to restore through BiT if possible. I’m backing up my dotfiles, so I will have a copy of ~/.config/backintime/config.
I’m using Back In Time 1.0.7 on LXLE 12.04 (based on Lubuntu 12.04), and moving to whatever version of Back In Time is on LXLE / Lubuntu 14.04. The update isn’t an in-place upgrade; I have to do a fresh installation. Also, some of my profiles backup (and all of them backup to) external hard drives.
(I don’t see how to add a label, but obviously this is a question).
As long as you use BIT version > 1.1.0 it will restore the config automatically on first start on the new machine. Also different host/usernames doesn’t matter anymore (the old
Auto Host/User/ProfileIDoption is gone).You should
fsckyour backup drive and make sure your backup is healthy by making one last snapshot withbackintime --checksum --backup. This will take ages but after that you know all files are really the same as original files (could happen that a filesystem error broke a file which wasn’t detected by rsyncs normal method)I’d suggest to also backup
/etcas root if you configured something special in there. And create a backup of your installed packages. Take a look on our FAQ How to backup Debian/Ubuntu Package selection and the according restore processvia GitHub
Thank you! Does
backintime --backuprun all profiles that are setup? I checked the man page but didn’t see any mention. I know I can temporarily change my profiles in the GUI to use checksum, anyway.I’ve never run
fsckmanually before, and my first look at the man page and a web search made me more nervous instead of less… I will do the other steps, and make another copy of my files, and hopefully I won’t take the impatient route of skipping thefsck.No,
backintime --backupwill only run the first profile. Usebackintime --profile-id 2 --backupfor the second.Don’t fear the shell ;-) Just use
gparded. Select your partition, go toPartition > Checkand run the check withEdit > Apply All Operations.via GitHub
Ah,
gpartedI’ve used before (though not for that). Thanks again!I’m a lot more comfortable with the shell than I used to be — but there’s a lot I don’t know and sometimes it’s easier (and safer) to back away than to climb the learning curve :)
I ended up using the GUI to check the backups because one of the first outputs I got in the shell was
Ignore option: --checksum. After a confused upgrade, I ended up not needing to restore the files, just the profiles. I had to use the PPA because the version in the repo was older than 1.1.0. I also had to update the snapshot locations for every profile because my system now mounts external drives under/media/[username]instead of just/media.The only question I have now is: do I need to change the info under
Settings > General > Advancedfor the profiles? Currently they show my old host and user. The ext4 drives are owned by my current user now, if that matters.Keep them with your old host/user. These are only used for the path
backintime/host/user/profile_id. Not for permissions.[via Github]
Thanks again!