The Best Free Backup for EVERY Operating System
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Want a Universal Backup that works on EVERY operating system and is free + open source? Urbackup is the software you are looking for!
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If you haven't produced one yet, it would be nice to see a follow up video on restores using this product. As the saying goes, your backup is only as good as your restores.
Great video for something I never heard of. But...........like any backup software need to see if it can really restore, which is the whole purpose of backing up. If it can’t restore then it’s worthless. Any chance of doing a video of restoring, Chris? Thanks
I've got backups of my backups of my backups.
There has never been a person in history that said... "I wish I didn't have this many backups"
Only the person that says... "I wish I had a backup of this"
@@ChrisTitusTech that would make a great tattoo
Isn’t that just multiple backups of the same thing though?
@@pineppolis pretty much. Can't be too careful.
Can't be too safe, huh? 💪😎
Duuude, I just came here after spending about a week and a half trying to get Veeam Community Edition server to back up one of two clients that I want to protect. I even reinstalled windows to try to get it working. Zero support from Veeam tech support and no luck with posting questions on Reddit. I'm going to give this URBackup a go! Love this video, man! Subbed!
Duuude, I did exactly the same thing as u did mate OMG
It's the community edition. Why would you expect support from Veeam?
I use AOMEI Backupper, it works great. Make a backup of your entire C drive. If you f'up or something goes wrong, you can restore it in minutes and you can even restore it from local network, so you don't even have to have the backup file on like a USB drive or anything.
Basically if you have your windows running great and have everything setup, make a backup. Then you can do what ever you want and even nuke the OS, 5 minutes later you have your OS back with all the settings and everything. I mean i tried it, it worked like a charm, so no complains and im picky as f' about this stuff, so the fact it all worked so well first time is a big plus. Not sponsored. This would be more for people who want to have a backup just in case and don't want to use terminal/powershell.
I think I will use it next time.
Been Using AOMEI For Years.....Never Lets Me Down,Easy To Use & Free
Aomei has one of the best and most intuitive GUI's, but I had to get rid of it because it would bog down my computer into an unusable state for an hour or more on win11
Another good one that not too many people seem to know about Kopia. It is quite comparable to Borg (deduplication etc), but, unlike Borg, will run on Linux, Windows, and Mac. I'm currently using Kopia and like it a lot. It also has some nice plugins for cloud backups. Currently using it locally and with Storj.
Never heard of it, I'll have to check it out. Thanks for the suggestion.
@@ChrisTitusTech Yes, it's quite good. The only caveat I have is that on Linux the Flatpak doesn't seem to work well for me for mounting/restoring snap shots. But either using a native app or the AppImage works just fine for mounts/restores.
I'll take a look on it, thanks!
From an overview of it it reminds me a lot of FreeFileSync and Cobian Backup
Kopia is still in beta. It has not reached a version 1 yet. Four months since the last release. Unresolved bugs from 3 years ago. Not something I would trust data with yet.
@@PopularWebz I've been using it for quite a while and have had zero issues. You make it sound like it's an inactive project. It's not. There were a number of commits yesterday. All in all I've found it to be quite reliable.
Definitely interested in LVM conversion. I didn't even know it was A Thing.
exactly! I didn't know my Linux machines could be converted to LVM without losing data!
Would be informative to at least briefly discuss the restoration process for the different OSs.
Would have been nice to see how to mount the image backup as a virtual disk, so that you can copy files from it to your real hard drives.
Probably a noob question - where are the backups stored? Somewhere in the web or does this assume you have your own backup server? If the latter - how is it set up?
On Mac, I use Time Machine, because it is just configure and forget, like all backups should be. I do check up on it from time to time, and there is never any problem, whereas on other platforms, I often find problems with the backups.
The sounds great, The only downside currently for me is dealing with having 2x 2 terabyte hard drives that are both half full and a C drive SSD that's 500gb with 60gb's free and My 2 terabyte hard drives that I have are also 7 years old and I don't want to lose the data on them and I'm kind of at a point of needing to get another hard drive at some point definitely but I want to get into having a NAS with 4x 4 Tb drives for then setting it up correctly with some sort of raid configuration for redundancy of some kind. There's just a lot of solutions out there for setting up network attached storage that's just absolutely almost overwhelming how many different ways it can be done that can be confuseing a for the direction I want to go in with storage.
use raid5 or true nas zfs with 1 disk for protection, it's easy if you know what you will do with it
I have a client setup with Urbackup to backup 29 computers, a mix of desktops and laptops, Mac and Windows. I've already used it for several recoveries as well as transferring data to new computers. My personal backup strategy is too complicated to put in a youtube comment...
thank you. you mention animated progress bar - well in the :55414 page - top menu bar - click on 'Activities' and viola, there it is. and network traffic.
Hi Chris, thanks for highlighting this software. Have setup within docker using compose. Super simple. It can only get better over time, especially status updates in real time.
This installed and linked to my workstation almost instantly! so fast!
working on first backup. hope it is everything i think it is!
Hey Chris, could you perhaps make a video on how to use DISM to restore (or even remove) features on a stripped down Windows? Not many online articles explain it fully, and Microsoft's is too verbose for a non-technical person
Seconded
5:54 Thanks for the "sysdm.cpl" shortcut. I was going to Control Panel - System - Advanced System Settings - Computer Name Tab, all the time. :)
Anyone else getting Max Headroom vibes from the backdrop in the intro?
I have used bacula for 15 to 20 years at work. I have several hundred TBs of data backed up to LTO tape. I used to have a 2 drive 24 slot LTO2 autoloader that I purchased in 2006 but about 10 years later it became expensive to use as tapes became too small for our needs (had several hundred tapes). I replaced it with a standalone LTO7 drive and I believe I am at around 40 tapes now. This software works great in linux but out of the box its not good for disaster recovery in windows. For that I have moved to using AOMEI and sync the backup to a cloud drive after a system image is created. I also use it at home in a similar manner but backup to disk and cloud instead of tape.
I've been using Bacula at work for many years now. Due to an acquisition (we were acquired :D ) now being moved to a different model, but rarely had problems with Bacula. It's not great for home backups, though
These are okay with Linux and Mac and may work with Windows but I find that Macrium Reflect is probably one of the best free backup and imaging programs available for the Windows platform. These other tools may work but do not look very intuitive for the avarge home user
Your are right. During the process while he is setting it all up, I'm already done with my whole backup.
@@botrax and of course Reflect Free is soon vapor...
There are a lot of backup solutions, but and this is a big but. Restore solutions are not nearly as robust and are much more problematic. If you have not tested the full cycle of backup/restore of your solution, you are pretty much living on hope-ware. I have seen many many many critical restores fail over the years.
I have to say my current backup solution beats the pants of software like this.
I mount the documents I care about on a network drive, autosynced locally to the network, once there it is on a NAS handled by ZFS with snapshots and where it will replicate to another NAS box running ZFS as well.
This way I am defended against most issues that can creep up and strike.
Just toss a cloud sync for DR and you are completely covered.
You could always set this up on a ZFS NAS as the server as well.
@@ChrisTitusTech The only "hole" in my backups is that I do not have an offsite backup.
I did cost tier it up and I can't really justify that at the moment, so I have resigned to the fact that I have bigger problems than my data if my house burns down anyway.
But it is all down to the threat model you chose to defend against, and the costs scale after that.
@Kit Adams I keep approx a month of snapshots, but they are trimmed down as time passes, so that is plenty of time to catch something.
You can say a lot of things, but the combo of Sanoid and Syncoid really gives you a powerful backup system.
Do you use zfs send / receive via ssh for this?
@@CMDRSweeper I've been meaning for years to put a spare Pi with a large USB drive at my brother's house and opening up SSH (with protections) and just periodically rsync to his house.
2024 will be that year!
Duplicacy , Kopia if you on Linux, MacOS, Windows, they are both blazing fast.
Personally I use dism to backup whole image, so if something goes wrong after trying some other versions of Windows I can go back in time.
Hey Chris can you suggest best free backup software for Android which transfer all files to pc operating system
Seedvault ?
It is not under this name in the Google Play store.
This might be late, but the 'Activities' tab does update the live backup status as new backups start, their progress and when they end they disappear from there.
A combination of timeshift and deja-dup serves me rather well.
I run my VMs on OpenZFS on an Ubuntu Host OS. I run all my backups of MS-DOS; DR-DOS; Windows; Linux and FreeBSD VMs through OpenZFS (send | ssh receive). I use the same mechanisms for all my data. The backup is incremental and it is sending the raw compressed changed records of the all files including the virtual disk files. Easy and the same for all data and all OSes :)
Would be interested in a video covering FOSS options for centrally managed/enterprise backups that backup and restore to/from B2 within the tool. Currently testing Bareos and its configuration and setup feels a bit clunky.
@ChrisTitusTech could you perfom a real restoration of any of tgese backups?
The real question is what the restore to bare metal experience is like.
For Windows it is pretty simple. You boot from the USB URBackup restore media and tell the client program what machine and drive you are restoring.
The caveat is your drive and network must be supported by the Linux Kernel used in the Restore USB media.
Linux drives are another matter altogether. There seems to be no way to backup an active Linux drive (e.g. /dev/sda) while Linux is running.
have had very good luck with Macrium Reflect it looks and feels like Time Stamp in Linux Mint
Ditto
CTT, the source of all my tech solutions now. Love it!
Thanks for the video. How would you compare urbackup to acronis? Besides having to pay.... As I have been using acronis for 12 years now, have not had any troubles. I just got pissed off when they went to the subscription model.
I agree! But everyone is going that way now it seems. Constant stream of income for them. Though they did upgrades every year anyways. haha But at least you got a discount. I like acronis for my WIndows systems. I have an external Acronis drive to store full backups so 100% restores are super easy. Another copy on a NAS, and external mirror
Macrium is perpetual license.
I have a backup-server with an external 6 TB HDD connected to it and use Veeam backup agents on all my machines with full system- and volume-based backups. With a script my archived backups will constantly be transfered to my 6 TB HDD (every night at 02:00 AM). My backup-server runs a software-based RAID1 and i have spare drives for both my external 6 TB HDD and my server (which contains 2x Seagate Skyhawk HDDs 4 TB). This story has only one lack: I'm not doing offsite-backups for now. But I do have a plan for the this in the near future.
I gave this a go however there doesn't appear to be any option to create an ISO for Win10 image backup. Have I missed something or wasted my time? Thanks for the content...i hope ;)
Been using UrBackup for years, just the other week the image backup saved my bacon
Backups get me thinking...can you make a video how to backup the phones photos (or anything) to be automatically backed up to a Windows computer when you are on the local home network! For me it is Android
My experience with OCLP is the Restore Time Machine doesn’t work from macOS Recovery. Will look at this one day.
Use Rsync to pull everything (from windows and linux - no MAC's here) to a single server with simple bash script on base Debian - take about 15 minutes every 6 hours. Once the files are on my TrueNAS - replicate to a second offsite TrueNAS once a day - works for my needs. Has worked great for years. Sometimes we have an odd thing occur that needs troubleshooting, but show me a backup system that doesn't have issues from time to time! And this one I know what its doing.
Rsync is great, if you understand RSync. If you don't, it can be a little obscure.
@@linuxgurugamer total agree, once ya get what ya need worked out, pretty rock solid.
Yes but forced to use unsupported not updated clients for OS like Windows XP.
Can you do a restore-to-bare-metal with this? OR what would be the minimum install before you can start restoring a completely lost system drive?
How would you compare UrBackup with Duplicati? Thanks
It's funny to hear raid is not a backup but we count cloud backups as a valid backup when it's a raid array in someone else's datacenter.
Yes, please make an LVM Image? Great info on this.
@Chris Titus Tech any newer better options to this or is Urbackup still your preferred choice?
Backup professional software is awesome you can select what you want to back up or not
I know it's going to be a great day when Chris drops an upload 🔥🔥
I run all ZFS machines. So I do SEND RECV over NFS. I have automated this with a simple bash script.
Used it for a while on a few PCs, but the client is not reliable. You have to keep checking to see if it works. It sometimes just stops connecting to the server... stopped using it.
I really want a full proper bare metal image backup for linux. I only have one physical Ubuntu computer, the rest are VMs on Proxmox VE. I want to be able to restore Proxmox VE in a flash. I use Acronis for my physical windows computers (2) and can restore a system in under an hour (300+ GB). Just done, nothing else to do. Proxmox VE is on a a zfs mirror and want a quick way to restore it.
9:11 There are 24 hours in the day, however a clock can only go from 00:00:00 through 23:59:59, I guess 24 is an abstract of sorts to mimic the 24 hours of the day.
i love how all my successful windows backups are empty. super awesome.
Prompt on your linux box was COOL !😎
I would recommend SYNCTHING instead, it's much, MUCH easier than Urbackup, also multiplatform, also free, also open source. It's essentially for syncing folders for redundant backups, you can make them through the internet, that makes it great.
@@antibrevity That's a technicality, of course it's backup for all practical purposes.
Unless I'm missing something, Syncthing is also "not backup". Any file losses will be propagated across just like RAID1. There is no versioning.
@@rexsceleratorum1632 It is indeed backup, you can select which way it will sync the files, and it DOES support versioning. Also it checks for conflicts between files and creates copies conservatively. It's more than just mirroring data, thus better than RAID 1. I'm by no means an expert, but I'd recommend you to check Syncthing documentation.
@@sovo1212 Okay, then let me rephrase that. Syncthing does have rudimentary versioning. But it is not default behavior and therefore getting it to work properly is NOT "much, MUCH easier than" a purpose-built backup system. I can't speak for urbackup, but Duplicati is dead simple to set up, and has way more specialized features.
I use Syncthing for copying my photos to my home server, and then Duplicati for backing them up. The way Lord Dinkan intended.
@@rexsceleratorum1632 It's still far easier because you don't need versioning for backups to work, as I said Syncthing will detect conflicts between files and make extra copies accordingly. This is indeed the default behavior, and it does all automatically after setting the folders, it's more than enough to serve backup purposes for average/home users.
I'm confused. Where are the images and files backed up to? Surely, there is not a server providing terabytes of free storage.
Did I skip or miss something in the video?
IDK why you skipped straight by the server install and on to the client install.
What is the difference between full backup and full image backup?
An image-based backup attempts to create a full copy of an entire hard disk, a file-based backup focuses on backing up individual files and folders.
@@Alex-fe2vv Thanks for the explanations. Too bad this urbackup software not able to support multiple backup locations, else it's quite an easy, nice and simple software to use.
GREAT VIDEO! More of these!
What’s the difference between Duplicacy, Duplicity, and Duplicati?
Your background reminds me of playing asteroids back in the 1980s 😱
7:44 --- P to V . . . cool 👍
Thank you, Titus
This is great. At the same time, could someone shed some light on the security or `safety of the data` aspect of using this?
You don't need all that. Just use rsync and system unit timer to backup your home and data!
Personally, I have 2-3 Terabytes of data on my main computer, along with several local VMs. I use BackBlaze to backup to the cloud. I've thought about getting a local NAS, but the cost is just a bit too much (4 bay nas, 4 multi-terabyte drives). This is very intriguing, and I might set up a spare computer with some spare drives to play around with it. Thanks for the video
BACKBLAZE 👍👍👍👍
Cannot control what you back up. Backblaze determines what THEY want to back up.. Sorry but useless garbage when you can't control what is backed up on your own.
@@surfingsub5854 You are so wrong, I don't even know where to start.
First, you can select which drives to back up. Second, you can exclude specific (or wildcard) directories. Third, you can also specify which file types to not back up. Fourth, you can specify file size limits. It may not be as specific as some others (I also use a local backup using a different program), but your statement is just plain wrong
@@linuxgurugamer Only if it has changed in the past year. I bought it and had to get a refund You could only select very basic different folders,etc. You could not exclude OS folders of any type, etc. So, if you're telling the truth it's because they probably got tired of people complaining about the lack of control and updated the client.
@@surfingsub5854 Also, remember that secret proprietary software (as used by Backblaze on your computer) cannot be ever be trusted with security or your privacy.
yes is a good tool, but you can't add e Nas Drive to a Urbackup solution, you know what free solution let you add a nas driver?
All reviewers of backup software just show the app starting a backup. They ignore the most important thing. Does it restore and set up permissions properly. That's the real purpose of a backup.
I have had SO much trouble with urbackup over the years. I have just given up. Every time I install it, it works fine the first few backups, then all my windows servers just fail right after the backup starts. The logs aren't really telling me much, so I have just given up.
love it, thanks Chris 👌
I don't do Winblows... so I just use Syncthing for my data I want backedup
Is there a way to backup a laptop….and if that laptop breaks down, use the backup on a new identical laptop…is there a way to mirror everything as if nothing changed?
I installed your UR backup and encountered some problems
> Client does not download from window-based UR backup server.
> Linux/Unix-based everything works fine, but I can't add network storage.
I would appreciate your help
I definitely would like to see an LVM conversion video - please
i had a problem with urbackup a long time ago that messed up an homefolder, i remember vaguely of permission issues, something wrong with linux mint crypt after restore, and uncertain about it being properly backup'ing, was not setup and forget.
can you explain more about LVM or give some good tutorial about it?
Does it use end to end encryption and are the backups stored in encrypted format, or can anyone at the company take your backup and restore it to a system, thereby gathering all your data and logins, etc.?
I prefer Acronis true image. Yes, it's paid but, it does an image and I can restore everything just like it was before some failure and it stores it locally. My document folder is compressed with 7zip and password protected and dropped onto my one drive folder which sends it to the cloud. It's protected so it can't be viewed
I tried it, but on MAC OS part is not good, it doesn’t support image backup
Was wondering if yiu can make a video on how to clone drive to drive I'm having issues of my drive even booting up. Nvme from m.2. Stats to use umei or legacy idk lol. There also is GPT I believe I have to set it as not MBR
Thx You, i love your videos and knowledge. God bless You Brother
RAID is backup yes, if it is in an external bacula storage, preferably in another building. lol
I use borg to send to a free tier vps on Oracle, but it won't be sustainable long enough cuz my stuff will eventually pass the 100GB mark (much, much less than a lot of you guys have, i know lol)
Please make a video where you're gonna show how you built your os
Chris - around 11:00 you use content menu on start - what is this program name?
Dude, I was just looking for a backup solution! Thank you for this vid!
Why do you think is this better than the free VEEAM Backup for Windows?
Please make a video on "is kms safe to active window and ms office"
Quick question. So how exactly would we use this on a Mac?
The best would be Apple Mac Timemachine made available to other OS as well
Has anybody a good calculator to know the needed disc space for backups? With 3-2-1 , saving different generations etc it‘s not trivial I guess.
Great!! Definitely want to implement this along with my devices and OS’s Awesome
I've used Cobian Backup for Windows for 5+ years. Going to try UrBackup.
do a video on restoring a file from a Urbackup.
What I want to know is how you add "create restore point" in your windows ? I use a stripped down version of windows and it's missing the "create restore point" feature, would really appreciate if I knew how to add that
Sounds awesome, this program urbackup where have you installed it, you running this as a VM in your rack
I want to see image backup. I have issues with gpt partition table and EFI partition backup.
so if my hard drive died, I would be able to recover my all my stuff if I backup with this?
What program did you use to get icons for your file explorer right click settings(?)
THANK YOU CHRIS TITUS!!! You always come through!
HOLY SHIT IT'S JUNK!!!
Exactly what I need !