digint / btrbk

Tool for creating snapshots and remote backups of btrfs subvolumes
https://digint.ch/btrbk/
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btrbk archive vs backup to external SSD? #415

Closed matteha closed 2 years ago

matteha commented 2 years ago

I followed the steps of the README, specifying:

snapshot_dir btrbk_snapshots

volume /mnt/btr_pool target /mnt/btr_backup/mylaptop subvolume root subvolume home

to backup to my external USB SSD (mounted at /mnt/btr_backup/mylaptop). It is now backing up 'root' and 'home' to there.

I wonder, however, what the exact difference with 'btrbk archive' is? If I run btrbk archive instead to 'clone'/'backup' root and home to the external SSD, is this different from what's currently being backed up?

Thank you for this great package!