{"id":13377,"date":"2019-04-01T23:08:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T23:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=13377"},"modified":"2019-04-01T23:08:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T23:08:36","slug":"system-tar-and-restore-a-versatile-system-backup-script-for-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/04\/01\/system-tar-and-restore-a-versatile-system-backup-script-for-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"System Tar and Restore \u2013 A Versatile System Backup Script for Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

System Tar and Restore<\/strong>\u00a0is a versatile system backup script for Linux systems. It comes with two bash scripts, the main script\u00a0star.sh<\/strong>\u00a0and a GUI wrapper script\u00a0star-gui.sh<\/strong>, which perform in three modes:\u00a0backup<\/strong>,\u00a0restore<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0transfer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a014 Outstanding Backup Utilities for Linux Systems<\/a><\/p>\n

Features<\/h4>\n
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  1. Full or partial system backup<\/li>\n
  2. Restore or transfer to the same or different disk\/partition layout.<\/li>\n
  3. Restore or transfer backup to an external drive such as USB, SD card etc.<\/li>\n
  4. Restore a BIOS-based system to UEFI and vice versa.<\/li>\n
  5. Arrange a system in a virtual machine (such as\u00a0virtualbox<\/a>), back it up and restore it in a normal system.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Requirements:<\/h4>\n
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    1. gtkdialog<\/a>\u00a00.8.3 or later (for the gui).<\/li>\n
    2. tar<\/a>\u00a01.27 or later (acls and xattrs support).<\/li>\n
    3. rsync<\/a>\u00a0(for Transfer Mode).<\/li>\n
    4. wget<\/a>\u00a0(for downloading backup archives).<\/li>\n
    5. gptfdisk\/gdisk<\/strong>\u00a0(for GPT and Syslinux).<\/li>\n
    6. openssl<\/strong>\/gpg<\/strong>\u00a0(for encryption).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      How to Install System Tar and Restore Tool in Linux<\/h3>\n

      To install\u00a0System Tar and Restore<\/strong>\u00a0program, you need to first install all the required software packages as listed below.<\/p>\n

      $ sudo apt install git tar rsync wget gptfdisk openssl  [On Debian\/Ubuntu<\/strong>]\r\n# yum install git tar rsync wget gptfdisk openssl       [On CentOS\/RHEL<\/strong>]\r\n# dnf install git tar rsync wget gptfdisk openssl       [On Fedora<\/strong>]\r\n<\/pre>\n
      Once all the required packages installed, now it\u2019s time to download these scripts by cloning the\u00a0system tar and restore<\/strong>\u00a0repository to your system and run these scripts with root user privileges, otherwise, use the\u00a0sudo command<\/a>.<\/p>\n
      $ cd Download\r\n$ git clone https:\/\/github.com\/tritonas00\/system-tar-and-restore.git\r\n$ cd system-tar-and-restore\/\r\n$ ls\r\n<\/pre>\n
      \n
      \"Install<\/a><\/p>\n
      Install System Tar and Restore<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
      Linux System Backup<\/h4>\n
      First create a directory where your system backup files will be stored (you can actually use any other directory of your choice).<\/p>\n
      $ sudo mkdir \/backups\r\n<\/pre>\n
      Now run the following command to create a system backup file in\u00a0\/backups<\/code>\u00a0directory, the archive file will be compressed using the\u00a0xz utility<\/a>, where the flags are.<\/p>\n