Mozy backup and restore with Linux servers

mozy_backup.md

Backup to Mozy

• Download and install the client software from https://www.mozypro.com/resource?module=resource-downloads
• Create a Server user
• Select the user and change their password (to the product key to save remembering)
• On the machine, activate the client using that password:

sudo mozyutil activate --email hostname@skillstream.co.uk

• Add users to mozyadmin user group to allow them to run mozyutil without sudo access:

sudo usermod -aG mozyadmin ben

• Add backup locations and start backing up:

mozyutil addbackupdirs --path /home/mozy/Documents ~/Pictures
mozyutil listbackupdirs  # to confirm
mozyutil continuous on   # triggers an initial sync and then backs-up all changes

To see all available options:

man mozyutil

Restore from Mozy

• Head to https://www.mozypro.com/user?module=machine-list
• Pick the machine you want to restore the files from
• Choose Restore Files from the top-right of that panel
• Select the folders/files you want to retrieve
• If you've selected more than one, you'll be given some Actions to choose from
• Choose Large Download Options for any significant restore
• After choosing a name for the restore, choose Download Compressed Archives (Mozy Restore Manager is Mac/Windows only)
• You'll get an email with the link to view the restores - follow the link
• Right-click on Download Restore to copy the link
• On the target machine, wget that url - it'll download a tar file (restore_2015_07_16_09_57_5389797.tar in this example)
• You can use tar -tf restore_2015_07_16_09_57_5389797.tar to list the contents
• If you're happy to restore to the exact same absolute path as the original you can add the -P flag to preserve the leading /. If not, you can restore to the current folder and move folders/files from there.
• Restore using sudo tar -xfPv restore_2015_07_16_09_57_5389797.tar (extract from file, Preserving leading /, verbosely listing the files as they're processed)
• Done.