Systemback

Problem with systemback-cli

Asked by Muhammad Ali Nayeem

Hello & thanks for this really helpful tool
I have created a restore point of an ubuntu server using systemback-cli. But the restore point did not include some important directories under the root directory. In my case the missing directories are
/dspace/*
/dspace-4.1-release/*
Also the restore point did not include any user data (i.e. contents under /home/<username>/) .
Now my questions are:
1. Can anyone guess the reason?
2. Does systemback-cli keeps error log so that I can find any clues?
3. What is the syntax for adding items in "/etc/systemback/systemback.includes" and "/etc/systemback/systemback.excludes"? If I want to force including /dspace/*, /home/<username>/* ... in the restore point what do I need to write in /etc/systemback/systemback.includes?

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Kendek (nemh) said : 		#1

The Systemback saves only the standard root directories (FHS). Please install your application under the /usr/local or under the /opt directory.
The Systemback is a system backup and restore application, the restore points does not contains any user data files (only the user configuration files, with limitations).

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Muhammad Ali Nayeem (nayeem007) said : 		#2

Thanks.
One more question, can't I use /etc/systemback/systemback.includes to force saving non standard root directories and user data?

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Best Kendek (nemh) said : 		#3

Only the user data, but with 8 MiB size limit (as configuration files).
So if you set Desktop, the files (<= 8 MiB) under the ~/Desktop (at all users, including the root) will be copied.

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Muhammad Ali Nayeem (nayeem007) said : 		#4

Thanks Kendek, that solved my question.