How can I use a 2nd SATA hard disk for data backup?

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I will use this:

I create /etc/qubes/backup/myprofile.conf

include:
  - work
destination_vm: sys-usb
destination_path: /media/my-backup-disk
passphrase_text: "My$Very!@Strong23Passphrase"

How can i use a sata disk instead of a usb disk?

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Either attach the disk to a back up qube, and use that as destination_vm
and specify destination_path to point to the mounted disk, or set up a
new pool on the disk, create a new qube in the pool, and back up to
that.


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I said under your other question that I’d talk about backups over here…but it looks like unman has covered it pretty well.

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If it’s mounted in dom0, use destination_vm: dom0

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i thought dom0 was not possible. thanks for your advice.
and what do i have to enter for destination_path?

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The mountpoint (+ maybe a directory somewhere on it).

E.g. if the disk is mounted at /mnt/disk2/ you could create a directory backups/important/ on its filesystem and use destination_path: /mnt/disk2/backups/important

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BTW you can also use the qvm-backup --profile=myprofile command instead of the raw admin API.

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but i also have to configure qvm-backup!?
or what’s the advantage?

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The admin API is more like a low level interface for programming where you have to fiddle with every detail yourself. If there’s an existing qvm- program that takes care of invoking the admin API for you, it’s normally easier to use that.

But yes, you still have to create a profile (or use the equivalent qvm-backup command-line options without an existing profile, although that’s more complicated for the passphrase).

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