Mondo Rescue is an open source and backup tool that allows you to easily create backup of complete system to

CD, DVD, Tape, USB devices, Hard Disk, and NFS. Its create Clone/Backup ISO Image. And we can easily restore
that ISO into another system. If your data will loss or system gets crash, then you will be able to restore entire
system data from backup media.

Step #1: Download MondoRescue Repository

First we download MondoRescue Repository for your Linux OS distribution version using following command:

# cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
On CentOS/RHEL

## For CentOS/RHEL 6 - 64-Bit ##

# wget ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/rhel/7/x86_64/mondorescue.repo
## For CentOS/RHEL 6 - 32-Bit ##
# wget ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/rhel/6/i386/mondorescue.repo
## For CentOS/RHEL 6 - 64-Bit ##
# wget ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/rhel/6/x86_64/mondorescue.repo
## For CentOS/RHEL 5 - 32-Bit ##
# wget ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/rhel/5/i386/mondorescue.repo
## For CentOS/RHEL 5 - 64-Bit ##
# wget ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/rhel/5/x86_64/mondorescue.repo
## For CentOS/RHEL 4 - 32-Bit ##
# wget ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/rhel/4/i386/mondorescue.repo
## For CentOS/RHEL 4 - 64-Bit ##
# wget ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/rhel/4/x86_64/mondorescue.repo

On Debian

## For Debian 6 ##
# wget ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/debian/6/mondorescue.sources.list
# sh -c "cat mondorescue.sources.list >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
## For Debian 5 ##
# wget ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/debian/5/mondorescue.sources.list
# sh -c "cat mondorescue.sources.list >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
On Ubuntu/Linux Mint

# wget ftp://ftp.mondorescue.org/ubuntu/`lsb_release -r|awk '{print

$2}'`/mondorescue.sources.list
# sh -c "cat mondorescue.sources.list >> /etc/apt/sources.list"

Step #2: Install MondoRescue

After downloading MondoRescue Repository, run following command to install MondoRescue.
On Linux

# yum install mondo

On Debain

# apt-get update
# apt-get install mondo
On Ubuntu/Linux Mint

# apt-get update
# apt-get install mondo

Step #3: Creating Cloning or Backup ISO Image of

System
After installing Mondo, Run mondoarchive command from root user. Then follow steps according to screenshot
that shows how to create Backup/Clone in ISO based backup media of your full system.

# mondoarchive

First you need to choose the backup media and press Enter.

Please enter the full path name to the directory for your ISO Images and press Enter.

Now select the type of compression type like: bzip2, gzip, lzo & lzma and press Enter.

Now select the compression level and press Enter.

Please enter how large you want each ISO image in MB (Megabytes) and press Enter.

Please give the name of ISO image filename and press Enter.

Please add the filesystems to backup (separated by |). The default filesystem is / means full backup.

Please exclude the filesystem that you dont want to backup like /tmp.

Please enter your temporary directory path or select default one.

Now enter your scratch directory path or select default one.

If you would like to backup extended attributes. Just press enter.

It will found full path name of your Kernel.

If you want to Verify your backup, then Click Yes

If you want to proceed the backup then click on Yes.

Creating a catalog of / filesystem.

Dividing filelist into sets.

Backing up filesytem. It may take a couple of hours, please be patient.

Backing up big files.

Running mkisofs to make ISO Image.

Verifying ISO Image tarballs.

Finally, Mondo Archive has completed. Please hit Enter to back to the shell prompt.

Step #4: Check Log File.

See details of backup run in MondoRescue log file:

# tailf /var/log/mondoarchive.log
....
DBG2: [Main] mondoarchive.c->distro_specific_kludges_at_end_of_mondoarchive#133:
Restarting magicdev if necessary
DBG2: [Main] mondoarchive.c->distro_specific_kludges_at_end_of_mondoarchive#137:
Restarting autofs if necessary
DBG2: [Main] mondoarchive.c->distro_specific_kludges_at_end_of_mondoarchive#141:
Restarting supermounts if necessary
DBG2: [Main] mondoarchive.c->distro_specific_kludges_at_end_of_mondoarchive#145:
Unmounting /boot if necessary
DBG3: [Main] libmondo-tools.c->unmount_boot_if_necessary#1221: starting
DBG3: [Main] libmondo-tools.c->unmount_boot_if_necessary#1229: leaving
INFO: Time finished: Mon Sep 14 22:03:35 2015

INFO: Mondo Archive has finished its run. Please press ENTER to return to the
shell prompt.
INFO: See /var/log/mondoarchive.log for details of backup run.
INFO: running: umount -d /mnt/cdrom > /tmp/mondo.tmp.bTBlKQ/mondo-run-progthing.tmp 2> /tmp/mondo.tmp.bTBlKQ/mondo-run-prog-thing.err
INFO: --------------------------------start of
output----------------------------INFO: umount: /mnt/cdrom: not mounted
INFO: --------------------------------end of output-----------------------------INFO: ...ran with res=256
DBG1: [Main] ../common/newt-specific.c->finish#436: Calling newtSuspend()
Enjoy it!