Rescuezilla
Version: 2.3.1 Web: https://github.com/ rescuezilla/rescuezilla
Rescuezilla is one of the few open source tools that can be used instead of an enterprise-level full-system backup solution. If you’ve ever dealt with tools such as Acronis True Image, then
Rescuezilla will likely meet your needs, too.
The purpose of this tool is to help you back up the entire hard disk with its partition table and its contents to a safer place, such as an external hard drive or a network destination. The project advertises itself as a GUI for Clonezilla, the famous and venerable Linuxbased backup tool with a very basic UI. That’s why we intentionally use ‘tool’ instead of application since
Rescuezilla is also a complete standalone boot environment, which constitutes of a slimmed-down Lubuntu version topped with the Rescuezilla GTK GUI. Technically, it’s a tweaked Lubuntu that comes with some handy utilities you may want to use when recovering a Linux system (such as GParted). However, the main point here is that Rescuezilla handles actual jobs for backing data up, verifying copies and restoring disks from such copies.
A typical usage scenario involves flashing the Rescuezilla ISO onto a thumb drive using dd or Etcher, use it to boot into the live Rescuezilla environment, plug in an external hard drive, and then run the Backup wizard. Point it at the source disk (choose the entire device or select partitions), select the destination disk and you’re good to go. Rescuezilla will then create a compressed image of your source disk, which you can use to restore your Linux system
Rescuezilla supports alien backup images, such as the ones created by Clonezilla and Redo Rescue, and even virtual hard drives (VDI, VMDK, VHD). It’s a remarkably versatile backup/restore solution that we’ve used many times without fault. Whether you’re distrohopping or preparing for a risky update on a production server, you can trust Rescuezilla.