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Relax-and-Recover - Linux Disaster Recovery |
Relax-and-Recover (ReaR) is a setup-and-forget Linux bare metal disaster recovery solution. It is easy to set up and requires no maintenance so there is no excuse for not using it.
Learn more about Relax-and-Recover from the selected usage scenarios below:
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Or watch a 4-minute complete backup and restore demo. Real time, no cheating!
<iframe width="720" height="400" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/33326XobwYg?si=feOvXf8OlI9jvNEk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen> Relax-and-Recover demo video </iframe>Try Relax-and-Recover now. The Quickstart guide takes only a few minutes!
Your environment not supported? Relax-and-Recover is modular and easy to extend. It is GPL licensed and we welcome all feedback and contributions.
The complete list of backup methods (BACKUP=...
) is:
AVA
Dell EMC Avamar / EMC AvamarBACULA
BaculaBAREOS
BareosBLOCKCLONE
block device cloning viadd
BORG
Borg BackupCDM
Rubrik Cloud Data ManagementDP
OpenText Data ProtectorDUPLICITY
Duplicity / DuplyEXTERNAL
External custom restore methodFDRUPSTREAM
FDR/UpstreamGALAXY11
Commvault Galaxy 11 / Commvault SimpanaNBKDC
NovaStor DataCenterNBU
Veritas NetBackup / Symantec NetBackupNETFS
ReaR built-in backup and restore viarsync
ortar
to a network file system or to a locally attached backup disk (USB, eSATA, ...)NFS4SERVER
NFS4 server to push data to the rescue systemNSR
Dell EMC NetWorker / EMC NetWorker / Legato NetWorkerOBDR
One Button Disaster Recovery via tapePPDM
Dell PowerProtect Data ManagerRBME
Rsync Backup Made EasyREQUESTRESTORE
Request restore from a human operatorRSYNC
ReaR built-in backup usingrsync
viarsync
orssh
protocolSESAM
SEP SesamTSM
IBM Storage Protect / Tivoli Storage Manager / IBM Spectrum ProtectVEEAM
Veeam Backup
To learn more about the Relax-and-Recover concepts, basic & advanced usage and project history watch this 45-minute introduction by Schlomo Schapiro, project founder and maintainer:
<iframe width="720" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/QN6vk5DfzAk?si=7_taajKAWkDvLTN5" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen> Watch Relax and Recover (ReaR) - Automated Linux Recovery & Open Source Project </iframe>