On Friday, December 22, 2017 at 2:58:34 PM UTC-5, awokd wrote: > On Fri, December 22, 2017 6:12 pm, Josefa Hays wrote: > > > > I recently installed Q4.0-rc3. I have an old qubes-backup (from 2016) on > > a LUKS encrypted external HDD. How do I restore my backup in 4.0 using > > qvm-backup-restore? I guess I don't want to mount the drive directly in > > Dom0, so, how do I do? Create a designated "backup-vm" and then exactly > > how do I proceed? > > > > What would be the step-by-step guide for restoring an old qubes-backup > > using the commandline interface? Until the backup-GUI gets up and running > > in 4.0 I guess many users will have the same question. > > Attach external drive to sys-usb > "qvm-block" to list partitions > "qvm-block a backup-vm sys-usb:sda1" (whichever is your LUKS partition) > mount and unlock inside backup-vm > "qvm-backup-restore -d backup-vm /path/to/backupfileinbackupvm oldvm1 > oldvm2 oldvm3" to selectively restore certain vms > unmount inside backup-vm > "qvm-block d backup-vm sys-usb:sda1" > Detach drive
oh man.... are they planning to implement a gui option? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/07acd8eb-86dd-4429-be8a-3444caf8f6c7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
