Open Source Linux Backup Software

Clonezilla is a partition and disk imaging/cloning program similar to True Image®. It saves and restores only used blocks in hard drive. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clonezilla live and Clonezilla SE (Server Edition).

FOG is a free open-source cloning/imaging solution/rescue suite. FOG can be used to image Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 and Window 8 PCs using PXE, PartClone, and a Web GUI to tie it together. Includes featues like memory and disk test, disk wipe, av scan & task scheduling.

MFS Tools is a set of utilities for those who wish to get the most out of their TiVo. The primary focus is in backing up TiVo drives, and adding extra video storage capacity. Other simple utilities not directly related to TiVo upgrades are included.

m23 is a free software distribution system (license: GPL), that installs (via network, starting with partitioning and formatting) and administrates (updates, adds / removes software, adds / removes scripts) clients with Debian, (X/K)Ubuntu and LinuxMint. It is used for deployment of Linux clients in schools, institutions and enterprises. The m23 server is controlled via a web interface. A new m23 client can be installed easily in only three steps. Group functions and mass installation tools make managing a vast number of clients comfortable. The integration of existing clients (with .deb-based distributions) into the system is possible, too. Client backup and server backup are included to avoid data loss. With the integrated virtualisation software, m23 can create and manage virtual m23 clients, that run on real m23 clients or the m23 server. Scripts and software packages (for installation on clients) can be created directly from the m23 web interface.

Linux-based Network Bootmanager A graphical bootmanager providing OS deployment and repair for Linux, Windows, possibly other operating systems, via PXE and local cache.

SystemImager is software that makes the installation of Linux to masses of similar machines relatively easy. It makes software distribution, configuration, and operating system updates easy, and can also be used for content distribution.

MondoRescue is the premier GPL disaster recovery suite for Linux/FreeBSD

The Rembo Wizard is a program for network based PC disk image management. It is based on a commercial product, called Rembo Toolkit. All current and future Rembo users are encouraged to try this highly automated Rembo Toolkit program.

LRSR / Linux Restore ScRipt is a command line (Bash/Perl) script for restoring system information. LRSR also can be edited to create "Mini" distros from a pre-existing UNIX/Linux computer.

Mondo Rescue is a GPL suite designed to create disaster recovery or cloning physical or virtual media from which you'll be able to boot in order to restore or clone your original system. It does that in an automatic or interactive way allowing modifs

UberImaging centrally controls the disk imaging process of many nodes on a network. Clients booted via PXE are served a small initrd image containing udpcast, a client module, and other tools allowing clients to be remotely controlled by a portable GUI.

A minimal linux rescue distribution with the goals of being small, compatible and very usable. Features as a cozy shell and a multitude of partition rescue/editing tools all based on up-to-date releases like 2.4.x kernel with USB support etc.

A collection of useful bash scripts to assist in Linux system administration. Includes flexible scripts to backup and install Linux systems. Requires (and includes) bash-script-lib. Tested on Ubuntu LTS.

CMage provides the ability to create an image of a filesystem on an IDE/SATA device and apply the image to a second hard drive of either IDE or SATA with a smaller, equal, or larger device size. CMage is run from a linux based liveCD on the terminal.

File Write Tracker (FWTracker) will save all files before they are updated, or deleted. It also keeps track of files that had their permissions or contexts changed. You can also restore the files back to their original state.

tardiff is a perl utility that enables easy patch creation for two different versions of a build/install tree in tarball format. tardiff uses advanced mechanisms to determine differences (visit homepage for a thorough description).

A set of tools to build your own customed Linux distribution with more managability than raw LFS(Linux From Scratch). Include source package manager, file system backup and realtime mirror apps, and some assistant data structure writen in Python, etc...

This is the old version of vmimagemanager and is kept for historical interest. For a more useful and uptodate application please look here. https://github.com/hepix-virtualisation/vmimagemanager vmimagemanager.py is a command line libvirt client and virtual machine image management python script. It is intended for backing up snapshotting. It supports libvirt, mount (re)store images, booting virtual machines. Its simple and fast to use.