CloneZilla Disaster Recovery¶
Start CloneZilla¶
Requirements¶
To install such a system you will need the following:
- The supplied clonezilla-live-1.2.8-23-i686 CD or
- Download this or a newer version of the clonezilla-live CD and burn it on an empty CDROM (the .iso can be found here: http://clonezilla.org/downloads/stable/iso-zip-files.php)
- a bootable CDROM-drive
Preliminary Note¶
In this tutorial I use a virtual machine to backup and restore. It is assumed that the first harddrive (sda) is the system-drive and the second harddrive is the backup-drive (e.g. USB-HDD). These settings might differ for you, so you have to replace them where appropriate.
Start CloneZilla¶
Boot from your CloneZille-Live CD. Press <ENTER>
at the boot prompt:
Select the language you prefer, I stick with English
Select the keymap for your keyboard, I stick with Standard-US, if you want to change the keyboard-layout select the first option Select keymap from arch list
.
Start CloneZilla
obviously
Since we want to work with images -> device image
the fastest way is to use a local drive (e.g. USB-HDD)
if your USB-device is not yet connected, connect it and wait a few seconds before you continue
select the drive you want to backup to or to restore from. Don't get confused, CloneZilla want's to know the target before the source when saving an image!
select the directory where the image should reside. Choosing the root
is always a safe decision.
now we see the filesystem seen by CloneZilla. The image will reside always in /home/partimag
. The drive to be saved or to be restored must not be part of the filesystem.
by using Beginner
mode the safe default values are automatically chosen. If you have a big multi-core machine you might choose Expert
and leave everything default but set the compression method to pigz
Backup (make image of system)¶
choose savedisk
give the image a strong name, date and system-name are a good starting point
choose the drive to be imaged
if you want to be sure that your image is working, stick with yes, check the saved image
if you want to know what command-sequence you would have had to enter manually, here it is.
now we get a list of all partitions found on the source-drive
let's watch the progress of the imageing process
let's watch the progress of the image check
check if the image could be read back successfully.
let's poweroff the machine gracefully
remove the CloneZilla-Live-CD from the drive
Restore¶
choose restoredisk
choose the image to be restored
choose the restore target drive
if you want to know what command-sequence you would have had to enter manually, here it is.
now we get a reminder, that all data on the target drive will be lost
this is the last chance to change your mind
let's watch the progress of the restore process
check if the image could be read back successfully
let's poweroff the machine gracefully
remove the CloneZilla-Live-CD from the drive
Von Jeremias Keihsler vor fast 8 Jahren aktualisiert · 2 Revisionen