Making a snapshot of ubuntu?
I installed ubuntu without LVM. Is it still possible to make a snapshot of it? If so how can I do it? Keep in mind I never made a linux snapshot before.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Kernel 4.5
Solution 1:
According to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lvm
"(Snapshots) is something you simply can not do without LVM"
But not all hope is lost if you have an external hard drive or a file server some where on your network you can use imaging software like http://clonezilla.org/ to create images of your machine and restore to them as your require.
Solution 2:
Here are some tools that do just that:
- TimeShift
- Back In Time
- rsnapshot
Clonezilla is a great cloning tool but it is not designed for snapshots. You can use it that way, but you would probably be better off with a tool providing incremental backups and an in-system interface.
Wikipedia also lists free backup software supporting Linux.