6 Examples to Backup Linux Using dd Command (Including Disk to Disk)
Data loss will be costly. At the very least, critical data loss will have a financial impact on companies of all sizes. In some cases, it can cost your job. I’ve seen cases where sysadmins learned this in the hard way. There are several ways to backup a Linux system, including rsync and rsnapshot that we discussed a while back. This article provides 6 practical examples on using dd command to backup the Linux system. dd is a powerful UNIX utility, which is used by the Linux kernel makefiles to make boot images. It can also be used to copy data. Only superuser can execute dd command. Warning: While using dd command, if you are not careful, and if you don’t know what you are doing, you will lose your data! Example 1. Backup Entire Harddisk To backup an entire copy of a hard disk to another hard disk connected to the same system, execute the dd command as shown below. In this dd command example, the UNIX device name of the source hard disk is /dev/hda, an...