FYI: Development of SystemBack has been suspended

[paul1149]

Just for purposes of looking ahead, a heads-up that development of systemback has been suspended:


https://answers.launchpad.net/systemback...ion/642537

[Valtam]

Thanks for the information.

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[elelme]

This is only temporary, I hope. Really have used this program. 


I like to store my desktop with all the user data into an ISO once a week or so, so it is a live
backup of my system with all updates and bookmarks, etc. It allowed me to reinstall painlessly if I messed something up. And the Restore points have saved me from my failures more than once. There may be other ways to accomplish this, but Systemback
was/is a real favorite to me.

[Valtam]

Systemback is absolutely fantastic. If you want to see it continue, share your thoughts with the developer.

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[elelme]

Was just looking to do that, Jerry, but it seems I don't know enough Hungarian to reach out.  :-\
But I will keep trying.  Meanwhile.... (And question is open to any and all---)
Is there any equivalent program, or do I need to learn how to make a live ISO from my current desktop (if possible) thru a command line?



UPDATE: Tried to reach out @ https://launchpad.net/~nemh and even joined (SHHH!) Ubuntu group
there, trying to get an email so I could encourage developer, but reached a dead-end. Don't know
the tricks of the trade, I guess. Not a real forum/club guy... :-[
SO, maybe learning how to do this thru a terminal may not be the worst thing???
Just in case, I mean. 
I sing Systemback's praise, too, but you wouldn't want to hear the croak!

[paul1149]

Yikes, Already, Systemback does not support ubuntu 17.04.
https://answers.launchpad.net/systemback...ion/633628

I assumed it would remain viable for a long time. I didn't see licensing details at the site, but perhaps the suspension is temporary, or maybe someone else could take the project up.

[elelme]

Thanks Paul1149 for being more thorough than I was able to be.
Backup won't replace SYSTEMBACK, as far as I can tell; I don't remember any program that could. Hope you are right about someone taking the project up if the author doesn't.

[elelme]

Hello again...Attempting to figure some way to do alternate to SystemBack, I tried to first backup my system into a tarball, then intending to figure out how to go from there to making an .iso .
(Haven't fooled with the terminal since the days of RedHat5, when dinosaurs roamed the earth.)


So I tried
  sudo tar - cvpzf backup.tar.gz --exclude=/mnt  /


And no joy. What did I do wrong?

More Update: eliminated the " exclude=/mnt " and it started fine.
But over 2 hours later, I have a tar.gz that is 12.7G and still in the make.
SO THIS MUST BE THE WRONG WAY TO GO ABOUT DOING THIS.
My normal .sblive in tar form from SystemBack of this same system is 1.5G.
New respect for you guys and would sure like those 2 hours of my life back!
And if the bootable ISO is this big, then WOW, do I need SystemBack maintained!

[paul1149]

[member=6876]elelme[/member] What I generally do is take a periodic image of the system, with more frequent data backups. That way I can easily restore to a fairly recent state, then overlay the most recent data. In Windows I use AOMEI, which is very good though not perfect, and can be used live. In Linux I use Clonezilla, which must be used offilne, for the image, and FreeSync for the data. The image, however, is not going to be 1.5gb. I have no idea how SB gets it that small.

[supergamer]

If this answer is controversial please delete moderators. There is a way to do this without systemback, also systemback uses links to folders from previous backups to keep the backup small. The first backup always takes the longest because it is doing everything. So now onto how to do this using something fairly simple. You have the choice of programs from Respin to UCK. I use Respin, I probably shouldn't go into how to much as it is pretty straight forward but make sure you look at the /etc/respin.conf file, if you install, and make sure the username is the same for the username your using. You can also modify the scripts to not make a bootable iso and it will just have your folders and stuff. I do not use Respin this way so this is completely unproven but they are just simple scripts. I would also move the folder after a backup like this so Respin doesn't write over the old folder. It's another way, not perfect but another way. It would great if someone was to write a GUI for it to do either a backup or complete bootable backup.