#3164 Issue open: Backup of only /dev/sdb¶
Labels: support / question
Spadille1337 opened issue at 2024-02-27 07:44:¶
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ReaR version ("/usr/sbin/rear -V"):
Relax-and-Recover 2.5 / Git -
OS version ("cat /etc/os-release" or "lsb_release -a" or "cat /etc/rear/os.conf"):
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04 LTS"
VERSION_ID="20.04"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
VERSION_CODENAME=focal
UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal
- lsblk
root@ubunu2004:~# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 7:0 0 4K 1 loop /snap/bare/5
loop1 7:1 0 55M 1 loop /snap/core18/1705
loop2 7:2 0 55.7M 1 loop /snap/core18/2812
loop3 7:3 0 74.2M 1 loop /snap/core22/1122
loop4 7:4 0 240.8M 1 loop /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/24
loop5 7:5 0 497M 1 loop /snap/gnome-42-2204/141
loop6 7:6 0 62.1M 1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1506
loop7 7:7 0 218.4M 1 loop /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/93
loop8 7:8 0 91.7M 1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1535
loop9 7:9 0 49.8M 1 loop /snap/snap-store/433
loop10 7:10 0 12.3M 1 loop /snap/snap-store/959
loop11 7:11 0 40.4M 1 loop /snap/snapd/20671
loop12 7:12 0 63.9M 1 loop /snap/core20/2182
loop13 7:13 0 64M 1 loop /snap/sublime-text/156
sda 8:0 0 100G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 976M 0 part /boot
├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part
├─sda5 8:5 0 3.8G 0 part [SWAP]
├─sda6 8:6 0 9.5G 0 part /home
└─sda7 8:7 0 85.7G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 12.5G 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17 0 4.8G 0 part /mnt/mnt1
├─sdb2 8:18 0 2.4G 0 part /mnt/mnt2
└─sdb3 8:19 0 5.4G 0 part /mnt/mnt3
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
- Issue
I am using virtual machine. As we can see, I mounted /dev/sdb1 over /mnt/mnt1, /dev/sdb2 over /mnt/mnt2 and /dev/sdb3 over /mnt/mnt3.
If I include the following line in local.conf
EXCLUDE_COMPONENTS=("${EXCLUDE_COMPONENTS[@]}" "/dev/sda7" "/dev/sda1" "/dev/sda6" "/dev/sda2" "/dev/sda5"), this excludes the whole system data including /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdb2, /dev/sdb3. If I include "/dev/sda7" then this will take backup of /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdb2, /dev/sdb3 along with that data in "/" as "/dev/sda7 is mounted over "/".
Kindly tell me how can I take backup of only "/dev/sdb" in this situation.
jsmeix commented at 2024-02-27 11:16:¶
@Spadille1337
I do not understand what you like to achieve
with ReaR and a "backup" of only /dev/sdb
when /dev/sda is your system disk
(where / /boot /home and swap is)
because ReaR is meant to recreate a system
so at least the system disk must be backed up
but ReaR is no backup software and is not meant to be one.
See
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Disaster_Recovery
Therein see in particular the section
"Relax-and-Recover versus backup and restore"
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Disaster_Recovery#Relax-and-Recover_versus_backup_and_restore
[Export of Github issue for rear/rear.]