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title: Backups of the persistent volume
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[[!toc levels=2]]
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We want to allow our users to backup the data they have in their
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Persistence. USB sticks are fragile and small, they break and get lost.
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We also had bugs in Tails that led to the (apparent) loss of this data
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([[!tails_ticket 10976]] and broken upgrades).
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(tails/tails#10976 and broken upgrades).
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We benchmarked [[tons of existing backup solutions in
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Linux|backups#archive]] and the situation is pretty poor.
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We benchmarked [tons of existing backup solutions in
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Linux](backups#archive) and the situation is pretty poor.
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On top of that, the data in Persistence contains both files owned by the
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`amnesia` users but also data that is owned by `root` (eg. the Wi-Fi
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Tails Installer don't have to display more options.
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- The same experience can be used to migrate to a bigger or faster USB
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stick. ([[!tails_ticket #14624]])
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stick. (tails/tails##14624)
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### Cons
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Archive of the tests of existing backup solutions
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[[!toggle id="archive" text="Archive the tests of existing backup solutions done until 2019"]]
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[[!toggleable id="archive" text="""
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This is an archive of existing backup solutions tested until 2019.
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GNOME Backups (Deja Dup)
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- You can only add folders to be backed up or ignored by Deja-Dup (and not single files).
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- Fails to restore symlinks.
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See [[!tails_ticket 9888]].
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See tails/tails#9888.
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Tar + GPG
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Grsync is [packaged for debian](https://packages.debian.org/squeeze/grsync).
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The documentation for the creation of the encrypted device [[is already written|doc/encryption_and_privacy/encrypted_volumes]].
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The documentation for the creation of the encrypted device [is already written](https://tails.boum.org/doc/encryption_and_privacy/encrypted_volumes).
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It has a rock-science interface, basically displaying the complexity of
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the command line options in a graphical way.
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Script by a2
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- [[Duplicate.desktop]]
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- [[duplicate.bash]]
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- [Duplicate.desktop](backups/Duplicate.desktop)
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- [duplicate.bash](backups/duplicate.bash)
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Other solutions
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GNOME frontend. It does snapshots with hardlinks to reduce space.
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Can do local and SSH as remote.
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