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11.1.4 Trueimagecmd usage examples
• This will list available partitions:
trueimagecmd --list
• This will list the partitions (and their indices) saved in backup.tib:
trueimagecmd --list --filename:backup.tib
• This will create an image named backup.tib of partition 1-1:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1 --filename:backup.tib \
--create
• This will create an incremental image of the partition above:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1 --filename:backup.tib \
--create --incremental
• This will create an image of partition 1-1 in the Acronis Secure Zone:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1 --asz --create
• This will restore a partition from backup.tib:
trueimagecmd --partition:1-1 --filename:backup.tib \
--restore
11.2 Automatic image creation using cron service
As a rule, disk/partition images are created regularly, often daily. To automate this
operation, you can use the cron service familiar to many UNIX users.
As an example, let’s consider a situation where you (the system administrator) need to back
up one or more disk partitions regularly.
Use --list to obtain the necessary partition number:
Disk 1:
1-1 hda1 Pri,Act 31.35 MB 26.67 MB FAT16
Table Table
1-2 hda5 980.5 MB Linux Swap
1-3 hda6 4.887 GB 135.9 MB Ext2
1-4 hda7 9.767 GB 1.751 GB Ext2
1-5 hda8 3.462 GB 1.3 GB Ext2
Disk 2:
2-1 (/1) hdd1 Pri,Act 4.806 GB 4.627 GB Ext3
Table Table
2-2 hdd5 3 GB 1.319 GB Ext3
2-3 hdd6 3.906 GB Ext3
You need to back up partition 2-1. Let’s suppose a complete image has to be created weekly
supported by incremental images created daily.
To do this, place the respective executable files (e.g. trueimage.cron) into
/etc/cron.daily and /etc/cron.weekly folders.
To initiate weekly creation of a complete image of partition 2-1, add the following line to
the above file: