dimitrisr / pi_backup

Backup script for Raspberry Pi based on 'dd'.

Backup script for Raspberry Pi

This script does an image backup of the Pi SD card using dd. It is not the most efficient method, but it creates a complete backup and it's easy to restore in case of complete card failure.

Installation

• Clone this repo into the folder where you keep your housekeeping scripts.
• Modify the DIR variable to point to your destination
• Update services stop and start sections to reflect your installated services
• Make executable. chmod +x backup.sh
• Update crontab to run each it each night.

Example

Update /etc/crontab to run backup.sh as root every night at 3am

01 3 * * * root /home/pi/scripts/backup.sh

The backup took a little more than an hour on my first run (SD card to USB HDD).

CREDITS

This script started from http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/5427/can-a-raspberry-pi-be-used-to-create-a-backup-of-itself which in turn started from http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=136912

2013-Sept-04

Merged in later comments from the original thread (the pv exists check) and added the backup.log