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11.1.4
Trueimagecmd usage examples
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This will list available partitions:
trueimagecmd --list
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This will list the partitions (and their indices) saved in backup.tib:
trueimagecmd --list --filename:backup.tib
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This will create an image named backup.tib of partition 1-1:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1 --filename:backup.tib \
--create
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This will create an incremental image of the partition above:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1 --filename:backup.tib \
--create --incremental
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This will create an image of partition 1-1 in the Acronis Secure Zone:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1 --asz --create
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This will restore a partition from backup.tib:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1 --filename:backup.tib \
--restore
11.2
Automatic image creation using cron service
As a rule, disk/partition images are created regularly, often daily. To automate this
operation, you can use the
cron
service familiar to many UNIX users.
As an example, let’s consider a situation where you (the system administrator) need to back
up one or more disk partitions regularly.
Use
--list
to obtain the necessary partition number:
Disk 1:
1-1
hda1
Pri,Act
31.35 MB
26.67 MB
FAT16
Table
Table
1-2
hda5
980.5 MB
Linux Swap
1-3
hda6
4.887 GB
135.9 MB
Ext2
1-4
hda7
9.767 GB
1.751 GB
Ext2
1-5
hda8
3.462 GB
1.3 GB
Ext2
Disk 2:
2-1 (/1)
hdd1
Pri,Act
4.806 GB
4.627 GB
Ext3
Table
Table
2-2
hdd5
3 GB
1.319 GB
Ext3
2-3 hdd6
3.906
GB
Ext3
You need to back up partition 2-1. Let’s suppose a complete image has to be created weekly
supported by incremental images created daily.
To do this, place the respective executable files (e.g.
trueimage.cron
) into
/etc/cron.daily
and
/etc/cron.weekly
folders.
To initiate
weekly
creation of a complete image of partition 2-1, add the following line to
the above file:
