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Amahi now includes the [http://pba-vm.sourceforge.net/ Personal Backup Appliance], or PBA, with the collaboration of the PBA leader, Roland Hui. Here is what the web interface looks like:
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'''NOTE:'''  This app is no longer available.  You can use [[Clonezilla]] LiveCD as an alternative.  Although the app is in beta testing, you can still download the LiveCD and use it as shown in the tutorial.
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* Change to the '''''/var/hda/apps/pba''''' directory on the operating system drive.  Ensure the backups directory does not exist.  If it does, remove it.
 
* Change to the '''''/var/hda/apps/pba''''' directory on the operating system drive.  Ensure the backups directory does not exist.  If it does, remove it.
 
* As user ''root'', enter '''ln –sf /var/hda/files/backups backups''' (must match the path set when adding a secondary hard drive.  
 
* As user ''root'', enter '''ln –sf /var/hda/files/backups backups''' (must match the path set when adding a secondary hard drive.  
* Verify ownership of '''''/var/hda/pba/backups''''' (symbolic link) is set to ''apache:apache''.
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* Verify ownership of '''''/var/hda/apps/pba/backups''''' (symbolic link) is set to ''apache:apache'' (Verify this with the list directory command 'll' - if you need to change ownership then issue the commands '''chown apache /var/hda/apps/pba/backups''' and '''chgrp apache /var/hda/apps/pba/backups''')
  
 
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* Code 22: this usually indicates a permission problem. Make sure that the file /var/hda/apps/pba/backups/data exists and is not owned by root.
 
* Code 22: this usually indicates a permission problem. Make sure that the file /var/hda/apps/pba/backups/data exists and is not owned by root.
* Code 23: indicates that there may be a partition in the drive or a partition scheme that partimage (the program doing the job of duping the partition) does not understand, such as hidden partitions (for restore), or some other unusual partitions, such as LoJack, etc.
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* Code 23: indicates that there may be a partition in the drive or a partition scheme that partimage (the program doing the job of duping the partition) does not understand, such as hidden partitions (for restore), or some other unusual partitions, such as LoJack, etc.-->

Latest revision as of 15:30, 5 April 2014


NOTE: This app is no longer available. You can use Clonezilla LiveCD as an alternative. Although the app is in beta testing, you can still download the LiveCD and use it as shown in the tutorial.