Last night I tried to run QubesBackup, selecting an AppVM as the target,
and then selecting the SMB-mounted (r/w) folder.
The backup process started, and the progress bar presented a small sliver
of blue on the left, but was 0%. Nothing was ever written to the target.
No errors were ever sug
Yep. When I first installed the apps on the template and afterwards shut it off
I saw the apps in the AppVM.
The issue happened when I've restored. And, again, I did not reinstall the apps
in the template, they were already there. The dnf install command resulted in
no change but it somehow "re
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> Hi,
>
> I've created an oathtool AppVM following instructions from here:
> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/multifactor-authentication/
>
> On the Fedora-30-minimal template I've also installed Nautilus file
> manager and Gedit to ea
Hi,
I've created an oathtool AppVM following instructions from here:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/multifactor-authentication/
On the Fedora-30-minimal template I've also installed Nautilus file manager and
Gedit to easy my process of token creation.
I tested it and it worked as designed. Then
Charles Peters:
> In late September I backed up qubes using a new WD Elements external
> drive. At the time I don't think I had sys-usb installed. Yesterday when
> I tried to do the backups I was unable to mount the WD Elements drive,
> another USB connected Toshiba hard drive, or the Toshiba dri
In late September I backed up qubes using a new WD Elements external
drive. At the time I don't think I had sys-usb installed. Yesterday when
I tried to do the backups I was unable to mount the WD Elements drive,
another USB connected Toshiba hard drive, or the Toshiba drive connected
with ESATA.
Every backup test show "Error : Writing backup to VM X failed : cat:write
error: File Too large.
I put USB disk on VM and active de backup Qubes os. Then, I have this error.
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On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 11:51:02PM -0700, Claudio Chinicz wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I make few backups because I fear doing backups while using my VMs, specially
> Windows 10 and Linux Mint HVMs. So, I do it once in a while, when I have have
> some free time and can spen not using the computer while
On 5/28/19 2:51 AM, Claudio Chinicz wrote:
Hi All,
I make few backups because I fear doing backups while using my VMs, specially
Windows 10 and Linux Mint HVMs. So, I do it once in a while, when I have have
some free time and can spen not using the computer while it prepares the
backups, afte
Hi All,
I make few backups because I fear doing backups while using my VMs, specially
Windows 10 and Linux Mint HVMs. So, I do it once in a while, when I have have
some free time and can spen not using the computer while it prepares the
backups, after having shut down the VMs.
All the discussi
Eccentric Butterfly:
Speaking of which, is there really any security benefit in making sure the
backup is not connected to a network? Provided the encryption password is
secure. I don't think this was mentioned in the docs anywhere as something to
consider so it's probably a bit excessive on
On Monday, 6 May 2019 17:14:46 UTC+1, daniel wrote:
> On Sun, 5 May 2019 20:24:07 +
> "'awokd' via qubes-users" wrote:
>
> > Eccentric Butterfly:
> > > When I go to backup my Qubes, the backup screen shows a red error
> > > at the bottom of the window saying "Warning: unrecognized data
> > >
On Monday, 6 May 2019 22:35:55 UTC+1, Eccentric Butterfly wrote:
> On Monday, 6 May 2019 17:14:46 UTC+1, daniel wrote:
> > On Sun, 5 May 2019 20:24:07 +
> > "'awokd' via qubes-users" wrote:
> >
> > > Eccentric Butterfly:
> > > > When I go to backup my Qubes, the backup screen shows a red er
On Sun, 5 May 2019 20:24:07 +
"'awokd' via qubes-users" wrote:
> Eccentric Butterfly:
> > When I go to backup my Qubes, the backup screen shows a red error
> > at the bottom of the window saying "Warning: unrecognized data
> > found in configuration files".
I ran into this and it was innoc
Eccentric Butterfly:
When I go to backup my Qubes, the backup screen shows a red error at the bottom of the
window saying "Warning: unrecognized data found in configuration files".
Try closing backup, then "rm
/etc/qubes/backup/qubes-manager-backup.conf" in dom0 terminal. This will
delete th
When I go to backup my Qubes, the backup screen shows a red error at the bottom
of the window saying "Warning: unrecognized data found in configuration files".
Why is this? Is there anything I need to do? Will this have any effect on my
ability to backup and restore?
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On 4/15/19 6:25 PM, unman wrote:
> Why do you say this? Backup works fine with a buster qube. What is the
> exact problem that you have?
I apologize. The issue was between chair and keyboard. In Fedora
external drives are mounted under /run/media/user and in Debian under
/media/user ... sorry for
On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 04:23:25PM -0500, Sven Semmler wrote:
> On 4/5/19 12:52 AM, Sven Semmler wrote:
> >> You could install a file manager but then you're getting closer to
> >> the normal Debian template which is pretty minimal. If you are
> >> committed to minimal service qubes, CLI backup .
>
On 4/5/19 12:52 AM, Sven Semmler wrote:
>> You could install a file manager but then you're getting closer to
>> the normal Debian template which is pretty minimal. If you are
>> committed to minimal service qubes, CLI backup .
> You convinced me. My intermediate solution will be to run sys-net and
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On 3/31/19 9:36 AM, unman wrote:
> 1. The minimal template is minimal - it doenst have any GUI file
> manager. When you click on the ... button it spawns a file manager
> in the backup qube. Since you dont have one installed it cant be
> opened.
I
On 3/31/19 10:36 AM, unman wrote:
I'm not convinced about Debian packages being more secure than rpm: they
are, of course nicer. :-)
To me, its a matter of Fedora packages being less secure than *everyone
else*.
I'm a long standing Debian user with an antipathy to RedHat and Fedora.
The bi
On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 01:10:14AM -0500, Sven Semmler wrote:
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> Very recently I migrated all my AppVMs to a debian-10 (buster)
> template, which itself was created by upgrading the debian-9 template.
>
> Equally my sys-net, sys-usb and sys-fir
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Very recently I migrated all my AppVMs to a debian-10 (buster)
template, which itself was created by upgrading the debian-9 template.
Equally my sys-net, sys-usb and sys-firewall dispvms are based on a
debian-10-minimal, which was upgraded from the
On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 03:41:23PM +, lik...@gmx.de wrote:
> Hi,
>
> assume there are files stored in a qube without networking. Furthermore
> assume there's a secured backup server located in the internet. This server
> is only a storage of client-side (before data is sent over the wire)
>
On 2/19/19 10:41 AM, lik...@gmx.de wrote:
Hi,
assume there are files stored in a qube without networking. Furthermore
assume there's a secured backup server located in the internet. This
server is only a storage of client-side (before data is sent over the
wire) encrypted files. What options
Hi,
assume there are files stored in a qube without networking. Furthermore assume
there's a secured backup server located in the internet. This server is only a
storage of client-side (before data is sent over the wire) encrypted files.
What options do you imagine to backup those files (skip
On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:52:55 +
Mike Keehan wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:29:50 +
> unman wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 01:00:15AM -0500, Chris Laprise wrote:
> > > On 01/23/2019 08:15 PM, js...@bitmessage.ch wrote:
> > > > Mike Keehan:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > >
On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:29:50 +
unman wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 01:00:15AM -0500, Chris Laprise wrote:
> > On 01/23/2019 08:15 PM, js...@bitmessage.ch wrote:
> > > Mike Keehan:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm using Qubes Backup to save some of my qubes into another VM.
> > > > The
On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:27:00 -0500
Chris Laprise wrote:
> On 01/24/2019 06:29 AM, unman wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 01:00:15AM -0500, Chris Laprise wrote:
> >> On 01/23/2019 08:15 PM, js...@bitmessage.ch wrote:
> >>> Mike Keehan:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Qubes Backup to sav
On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:27:00 -0500
Chris Laprise wrote:
> On 01/24/2019 06:29 AM, unman wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 01:00:15AM -0500, Chris Laprise wrote:
> >> On 01/23/2019 08:15 PM, js...@bitmessage.ch wrote:
> >>> Mike Keehan:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Qubes Backup to sav
On 01/24/2019 06:29 AM, unman wrote:
On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 01:00:15AM -0500, Chris Laprise wrote:
On 01/23/2019 08:15 PM, js...@bitmessage.ch wrote:
Mike Keehan:
Hi,
I'm using Qubes Backup to save some of my qubes into another VM.
The backup VM has 18 Gb of storage available, but whenever t
On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 01:00:15AM -0500, Chris Laprise wrote:
> On 01/23/2019 08:15 PM, js...@bitmessage.ch wrote:
> > Mike Keehan:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm using Qubes Backup to save some of my qubes into another VM.
> > > The backup VM has 18 Gb of storage available, but whenever the
> > > bac
On 01/23/2019 08:15 PM, js...@bitmessage.ch wrote:
Mike Keehan:
Hi,
I'm using Qubes Backup to save some of my qubes into another VM.
The backup VM has 18 Gb of storage available, but whenever the
backup file reaches 3Gb, the backup process just hangs.
No CPU usage, no error messages, just stop
Mike Keehan:
Hi,
I'm using Qubes Backup to save some of my qubes into another VM.
The backup VM has 18 Gb of storage available, but whenever the
backup file reaches 3Gb, the backup process just hangs.
No CPU usage, no error messages, just stops. The backup window
shows 40% complete, but never
Hi,
I'm using Qubes Backup to save some of my qubes into another VM.
The backup VM has 18 Gb of storage available, but whenever the
backup file reaches 3Gb, the backup process just hangs.
No CPU usage, no error messages, just stops. The backup window
shows 40% complete, but never moves any furth
> Mount to a live system or use the install disk and use rescue mode.
> I'm assuming that you have something like a standard install on /dev/sda
> (boot in /dev/sda1 and data in /dev/sda2?)
> You can check this from the prompt by running cfdisk /dev/sda, to see
> how the disk is configured.
> Onc
On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 09:52:29PM -0800, amap...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello, im using qubes os 4, i updated all the VMs + updated dom0
> When i turned on my pc, Qubes os didnt get recognized at boot menu, i have
> tried a lot of things and now im tired, i just want to backup my vms and i
> will ma
Hello, im using qubes os 4, i updated all the VMs + updated dom0
When i turned on my pc, Qubes os didnt get recognized at boot menu, i have
tried a lot of things and now im tired, i just want to backup my vms and i will
make a fresh install. I have saw a lot of tutorials but im not that familiar
On 10/17/2018 06:13 PM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote:
Kelly Dean wrote on 10/17/18 6:00 PM:
On Qubes 4.0, I did a full backup to an external hard drive using the
standard backup utility, which completed successfully. 225GB total,
compressed 130GB, took about 12 hours.
Then I tried to verify
Kelly Dean wrote on 10/17/18 6:00 PM:
On Qubes 4.0, I did a full backup to an external hard drive using the standard
backup utility, which completed successfully. 225GB total, compressed 130GB,
took about 12 hours.
Then I tried to verify it (restore with verify-only option), and watched it for
Considering how long it takes and the chance for errors I also make a
post fsck dd backup of the entire drive/partition and then sha1sum it
just in case, which has saved me a few times.
I wish there was a choice to use more RAM to make it go faster or what not.
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On Qubes 4.0, I did a full backup to an external hard drive using the standard
backup utility, which completed successfully. 225GB total, compressed 130GB,
took about 12 hours.
Then I tried to verify it (restore with verify-only option), and watched it for
a few minutes to make sure it was runn
Thanks for comments. To clarify - i’m only using qubes4 vm’s and templates. In
ideal world, i ‘d use clonezilla say to clone everything and copy the
clonezilla image back if i ever thought there was a problem with active system.
This does not seem possible with qubes. (This process is simple an
On Sun, May 13, 2018 1:58 pm, higginsonj...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Just posted a comment on earlier BACKUP problem where message appeared
>
> "Backup header retrieval failed (exit code 2)" after qvm-backup restore.
>
>
> Tried a simpler backup this time - just fedora-26 template and a small
> persona
Just posted a comment on earlier BACKUP problem where message appeared
"Backup header retrieval failed (exit code 2)" after qvm-backup restore.
Tried a simpler backup this time - just fedora-26 template and a small personal
VM.
Process seemed to go OK - but following backup - was left with fe
After attempting to restore vm backup, following error message is displayed:
Backup header retrieval failed (exit code 2)
Since this message appears regardless of the passphrase entered I assume it
means that the passphrase is incorrect. Am I right? If not, what else does this
message indicate?
Hello List
Due to different security concerns I will install Mail and
Internet-browsing in different dedicated Windows VM's.
Is there a way to share the USB-storage device between different VM's
for
backup-purposes?
Thank's a lot for any feedback!
Joe
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On Friday, March 17, 2017 at 3:31:37 PM UTC-4, Chris Laprise wrote:
> On 03/17/2017 02:55 PM, jimmy.dack...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I'm trying out the backup feature in Qubes but getting an error.
> >
> > I'm trying to save VMs totaling 22.4GB in size on a USB stick with 63GB
> > free.
> >
> > At 19%
On 2017-03-17 11:55, jimmy.dack...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm trying out the backup feature in Qubes but getting an error.
I'm trying to save VMs totaling 22.4GB in size on a USB stick with 63GB
free.
At 19% progress is get:
"[Dom0] Backup error!
ERROR: Failed to write the backup, VM output: cat: w
On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 03:31:24PM -0400, Chris Laprise wrote:
> On 03/17/2017 02:55 PM, jimmy.dack...@gmail.com wrote:
> >I'm trying out the backup feature in Qubes but getting an error.
> >
> >I'm trying to save VMs totaling 22.4GB in size on a USB stick with 63GB free.
> >
> >At 19% progress is
On 03/17/2017 02:55 PM, jimmy.dack...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm trying out the backup feature in Qubes but getting an error.
I'm trying to save VMs totaling 22.4GB in size on a USB stick with 63GB free.
At 19% progress is get:
"[Dom0] Backup error!
ERROR: Failed to write the backup, VM output: cat:
I'm trying out the backup feature in Qubes but getting an error.
I'm trying to save VMs totaling 22.4GB in size on a USB stick with 63GB free.
At 19% progress is get:
"[Dom0] Backup error!
ERROR: Failed to write the backup, VM output: cat: write error: File too large."
Is there a maximum file si
If I install a second Qubes system on a different partition - is there
any way to copy the VMs from the first one? Because that was my goal
with the backups. It is possible that the lack of space somehow
corrupted the system - and that is the reason for the problems with
backups - so maybe there is
I removed some templates - and now there is no error about no disk
space - but when restoring I still get the same error.
It might be indeed about the path fed to tar - because when creating
the archive I also get errors when I try to archive to a file in the
current dir without giving the full pa
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On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 08:23:00AM -0500, Zbigniew Łukasiak wrote:
> Ok - I tried the command line version - the output is below. The same
> error I see in ~/.xsession-errors. It looks to work correctly with the
> symlinked tmp - but still fails some
Ok - I tried the command line version - the output is below. The same
error I see in ~/.xsession-errors. It looks to work correctly with the
symlinked tmp - but still fails somehow - maybe the archive is
corrupted.
I tried to re-make the bacup from commandline, and this reports
"qvm-backup: export
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On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 12:38:48PM -0500, Zbigniew Łukasiak wrote:
> I am getting an error message when trying to restore a VM backup:
> "unable to extract the qubes backup. Check the extracting process errors."
>
> Where should I look for the extra
I am getting an error message when trying to restore a VM backup:
"unable to extract the qubes backup. Check the extracting process errors."
Where should I look for the extracting process error log?
I don't see anything relevant in /var/log - but maybe I missed something.
More info:
I made a bac
haaber:
> > Cannot create /media/user/hexstring/qubes-backup/2017-02... : permission
> > denied.
>
> Try "sudo chown user:user /media/user/hexstring/qubes-backup".
>
> Rusty
Thank you that worked! Bernhard
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haaber:
> Cannot create /media/user/hexstring/qubes-backup/2017-02... : permission
> denied.
Try "sudo chown user:user /media/user/hexstring/qubes-backup".
Rusty
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Hello,
I tried the built-in backup procedure in qubes3.2 -- it fails (from
qubes VM manager). The procedure I follow: I select only shutdown qubes,
I select sys-usb as appvm (in which the ext. harddisc is mouted on
/media/user/hexstring/ and in which I manually created a qubes-backup
folder that I
On 05/02/17 23:59, john.david.r.smith wrote:
On 05/02/17 00:06, Oleg Artemiev wrote:
Hi.
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 11:56 PM, john.david.r.smith
wrote:
On 01/02/17 21:30, qu...@posteo.de wrote:
I have now nearly a complete salt configuration for all my templates so I
do not need to backup them a
On 05/02/17 00:06, Oleg Artemiev wrote:
Hi.
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 11:56 PM, john.david.r.smith
wrote:
On 01/02/17 21:30, qu...@posteo.de wrote:
I have now nearly a complete salt configuration for all my templates so I
do not need to backup them anymore and save a lot of space by this.
So I
Hey,
On 05.02.2017 00:06, Oleg Artemiev wrote:
Hi.
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 11:56 PM, john.david.r.smith
wrote:
On 01/02/17 21:30, qu...@posteo.de wrote:
I have now nearly a complete salt configuration for all my templates
so I
do not need to backup them anymore and save a lot of space by thi
Hi.
On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 11:56 PM, john.david.r.smith
wrote:
> On 01/02/17 21:30, qu...@posteo.de wrote:
>> I have now nearly a complete salt configuration for all my templates so I
>> do not need to backup them anymore and save a lot of space by this.
>>
>> So I have ran a backup including dom
On 01/02/17 21:30, qu...@posteo.de wrote:
Hi,
I have now nearly a complete salt configuration for all my templates so I do
not need to backup them anymore and save a lot of space by this.
So I have ran a backup including dom0 and realized that the salt configuration
("/srv/salt") does not see
Hi,
I have now nearly a complete salt configuration for all my templates so
I do not need to backup them anymore and save a lot of space by this.
So I have ran a backup including dom0 and realized that the salt
configuration ("/srv/salt") does not seem to be included because it is
much bigge
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On 2016-09-28 00:32, Gabriel wrote:
> On 2016-09-27 06:59, 'Gabriel' via qubes-users wrote:
>> 2. I tried running qvm-backup from the command line, which ran fine, no
>> permission problems on the same HDD. However, the template VMs are not
>> incl
On 2016-09-27 06:59, 'Gabriel' via qubes-users wrote:
> Hi fellows,
>
> I started using qubes a while ago and I have a question concerning backups.
> What I want is a complete backup to a dedicated external USB HDD. I
> understand to achieve this all the VMs must be shut down.
> Therefore when I p
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On 2016-09-27 06:59, 'Gabriel' via qubes-users wrote:
> Hi fellows,
>
> I started using qubes a while ago and I have a question concerning backups.
> What I want is a complete backup to a dedicated external USB HDD. I
> understand to achieve this a
'Gabriel' via qubes-users:
> Hi fellows,
>
> I started using qubes a while ago and I have a question concerning backups.
> What I want is a complete backup to a dedicated external USB HDD. I
> understand to achieve this all the VMs must be shut down.
> Therefore when I plugged in the HDD I mounte
Hi fellows,
I started using qubes a while ago and I have a question concerning backups.
What I want is a complete backup to a dedicated external USB HDD. I understand
to achieve this all the VMs must be shut down.
Therefore when I plugged in the HDD I mounted it in dom0 under /mnt.
Questions:
1.
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On 2016-08-16 10:07, entr0py wrote:
> According to:
>
> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/backup-restore/
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/qubes-users/
> backup$20encryption|sort:relevance/qubes-users/sS4A3vJdCQ8/w9-jIj5V
According to:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/backup-restore/
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/qubes-users/backup$20encryption|sort:relevance/qubes-users/sS4A3vJdCQ8/w9-jIj5VW9oJ
Qubes backup system has a "weak key derivation scheme".
Is a reasonable workaround to just put t
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