Old backup tool

anon50627815 · 6 November 2021 21:10

Hello,

I recently re-installed Garuda and noticed that the convenient backup tool which automatically created backups when updating the system was no longer installed by default.

What is its name and is there a reason for not installing it by default anymore?

> inxi -Faz

System:    Kernel: 5.14.15-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=80c2edcd-71b7-4e86-becf-eebdbb6c319d
rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
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Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Z370 Extreme4 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends
v: P1.30 date: 11/24/2017
CPU:       Info: 6-Core model: Intel Core i7-8700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake note: check
family: 6 model-id: 9E (158) stepping: A (10) microcode: EA cache: L2: 12 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 88796
Speed: 4285 MHz min/max: 800/4700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 4285 2: 4300 3: 4300 4: 4301
5: 4300 6: 4302 7: 4301 8: 4298 9: 4300 10: 4300 11: 4301 12: 4300
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 495.44
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c03 class-ID: 0300
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bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: C-Media Blue Snowball type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 0d8c:0005 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.15-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.39 running: yes
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Bluetooth: Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
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Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
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SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
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ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD My Passport 25E2
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scheme: GPT
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Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
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Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 55 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:      Processes: 352 Uptime: 10h 5m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.56 GiB used: 7.88 GiB (50.7%) Init: systemd
v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1688 lib: 461 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8
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dalto · 6 November 2021 21:18

If you are referring to timeshift, it was replaced by snapper & garuda-assistant.

If you would prefer to go back to timeshift, install timeshift-support

SGS · 6 November 2021 21:19

Use forum search, PLEASE, before posting.

anon50627815 · 6 November 2021 21:41

Thanks, that helped a lot! Didn’t realize that there was still a backup tool installed.

Use forum search, PLEASE, before posting.

Believe it or not, I did that for a while but was unable to find anything.

SGS · 6 November 2021 21:55

Ok, Garuda Linux is not an installation and forget distribution.
The minimum you need to read are the posts in the announcements.

Migration to Snapper

After the call for testers earlier this month, this release focuses mainly on our Garuda Assistant rework, which basically enables employing Snapper as snapshot solution instead of the well-known Timeshift application.

filo · 6 November 2021 22:27

Root cause analysis: you have been using too much the term backup, which is not the correct one. And probably you used only that one in your search.
Snapshots would have been better. Maybe, restore… Backups are slightly different.

tbg · 7 November 2021 00:36

Just FYI, Timeshift isnt really for creating backups. Timeshift is really only a system restore utility.

If you want to create proper backups stored on a separate drive snapper is more suited for that task. For a proper backup system, you really need a dedicated backup program capable of storing full backups to an external storage device.

Don’t fool yourself into thinking Timeshift is a full backup solution.

system · 9 November 2021 00:37

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