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| - | ==== Creating a backup of the Linux running in WSL ==== | + | ===== Advanced usage ===== |
| - | There are several types of WSL related directories that you may want to back up: | ||
| - | * <wrap hi>Your Linux //home// directory</wrap> (''/home/<your_login>''), or some specific sub-directories of the //Ubuntu// running in WSL (sub-directories of ''/''): all these files are located in a [[other:win10wsl#location_of_the_files|hidden sub-directory of you Windows directory]], and the best way to save them is probably to **create a tar file from Linux**, and put this tar file in a specific Windows //WSL backup folder// (we will use below the directory ''/mnt/c/Scratch/<your_login>'' or ''c:\Scratch\<your_login>'') | + | ==== Creating a backup ==== |
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| + | === Backup of a FULL Linux installation === | ||
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| + | You can use ''wsl'' to [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/faq#how-can-i-back-up-my-wsl-distributions--or-move-them-from-one-drive-to-another-|save a full Linux installation]] to a //tar// file, that can be: | ||
| + | * used later for //restoring// the full installation | ||
| + | * used for //relocating// the full installation from ''C:\'' to another disk | ||
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| + | Detailed steps: | ||
| + | * Determine the name of the current Linux installation(s) used in WSL | ||
| + | * <code>> wsl --list --verbose | ||
| + | NAME STATE VERSION | ||
| + | * Ubuntu Running 2</code> | ||
| + | * [[other:win10wsl#rebooting_wsl|Stop WSL+Linux]] | ||
| + | * <code>> wsl --shutdown | ||
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| + | > wsl -l -v | ||
| + | NAME STATE VERSION | ||
| + | * Ubuntu Stopped 2</code> | ||
| + | * Export the specified Linux installation to a //tar// file: | ||
| + | * You should export to a directory or external disk where you have //enough// space\\ e.g. The tar file for a [[other:win10wsl#base_installation|newly installed and updated]] //Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS// is ~1.4 Gb | ||
| + | * You should use a detailed enough file name for the tar file\\ e.g. WSL_<Linux_Distribution>_<Distribution_Version>_<User>_<Date>.tar | ||
| + | * Example: ''%%wsl --export Ubuntu C:\Scratch\<your_login>\WSL\WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.5_LTS_stdu_22-08-29.tar%%'' | ||
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| + | * If you are not going to use the backup tar file right away, you can optionally compress it in order to save some space | ||
| + | * <code>Add compression example here</code> | ||
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| + | === Backup of specific directories === | ||
| + | |||
| + | You can also just create backups of specific directories: | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Your Linux //home// directory (''/home/<your_login>/''), or some specific sub-directories of the //Ubuntu// running in WSL (sub-directories of ''/''): the best way to save them is probably to **create a //tar// file from Linux**, and put this //tar// file in a specific Windows //WSL backup folder// (we will use below the directory ''/mnt/c/Scratch/<your_login>'' or ''c:\Scratch\<your_login>'') | ||
| * <code bash>$ cd /home | * <code bash>$ cd /home | ||
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| 95K Feb 24 12:09 /mnt/c/Scratch/<your_login>/<your_login>_home_210224_1209.tgz</code> | 95K Feb 24 12:09 /mnt/c/Scratch/<your_login>/<your_login>_home_210224_1209.tgz</code> | ||
| - | * <wrap hi>Regular Windows folders</wrap> where you store data used by WSL: you can use ''tar'' in a Linux terminal, as above, or use any usual way of backing up Windows files (drag and drop, some specific [[other:win10apps#backup_software|backup software]]) | + | * Regular Windows folders where you store data used by WSL: you can use ''tar'' in a Linux terminal, as above, or use any usual way of backing up Windows files (drag and drop, some specific [[other:win10apps#backup_software|backup software]]) |
| + | * WARNING: there should not be performance issues using ''tar'' (from Linux) to make a backup of Windows files with WSL 1, but **WSL 2 is significantly slower than WSL 1 to access Windows files** ([[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/compare-versions#exceptions-for-using-wsl-1-rather-than-wsl-2|Exceptions for using WSL 1 rather than WSL 2]]) | ||
| + | ==== Restoring or relocating a Linux installation ==== | ||
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| + | When we have a backup in a tar file, we can restore it to the default location (Check ?? FIXME), or specify where we want to restore it. This is a way of moving (relocating) an installation to another disk or partition than the default location ''C:\'' | ||
| - | ==== Restoring a WSL backup ==== | ||
| FIXME Read [[https://www.howtogeek.com/426562/how-to-export-and-import-your-linux-systems-on-windows-10/|How to Export and Import Your Linux Systems on Windows 10]] and [[https://winaero.com/blog/export-import-wsl-linux-distro-windows-10/|Export and Import WSL Linux Distro in Windows 10]] and similar threads | FIXME Read [[https://www.howtogeek.com/426562/how-to-export-and-import-your-linux-systems-on-windows-10/|How to Export and Import Your Linux Systems on Windows 10]] and [[https://winaero.com/blog/export-import-wsl-linux-distro-windows-10/|Export and Import WSL Linux Distro in Windows 10]] and similar threads | ||
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| - | ===== Advanced usage ===== | ||
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| - | ==== Creating a backup of a Linux installation ==== | ||
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| - | You can use ''wsl'' to [[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/faq#how-can-i-back-up-my-wsl-distributions--or-move-them-from-one-drive-to-another-|save a full Linux installation]] to a //tar// file, that can be: | ||
| - | * used later for restoring the full installation | ||
| - | * used for relocating the full installation from ''C:\'' to another disk | ||
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| - | * Determine the name of the current Linux installation used in WSL (and see if it is running, and using //WSL 1// or //WSL 2//) | ||
| - | * <code>> wsl --list --verbose | ||
| - | NAME STATE VERSION | ||
| - | * Ubuntu Running 2</code> | ||
| - | * [[other:win10wsl#rebooting_wsl|Stop WSL+Linux]] | ||
| - | * <code>> wsl --shutdown | ||
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| - | > wsl -l -v | ||
| - | NAME STATE VERSION | ||
| - | * Ubuntu Stopped 2</code> | ||
| - | * Export the specified Linux installation to a //tar// file: | ||
| - | * You should export to a directory or external disk where you have //enough// space | ||
| - | * You should use a detailed enough file name for the tar file | ||
| - | * ''wsl --export Ubuntu C:\Scratch\<your_login>\WSL\WSL_Ubuntu_20.04.4_LTS_stdu_22-08-29.tar'' | ||
| - | * 1.4 Gb | ||
| - | * <code> > wsl --export Ubuntu C:\Scratch\<your_login>\<your_login>_ubuntu-<ubuntu_version>-full_<some_date>.tar</code> | ||
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| - | * You can optionally open a new terminal (this will start again WSL+Ubuntu) to get some information about the created file (size and number of saved files/directories), and compress it in order to save some disk space | ||
| - | * <code>$ cd /mnt/c/Scratch/<your_login> | ||
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| - | $ ls -ltrh *ubuntu*tar* | ||
| - | 976M Jan 21 2020 <your_login>_200121.tar.gz | ||
| - | 2.8G Aug 22 2020 <your_login>-16.04-full_200822.tar | ||
| - | 3.4G Feb 24 14:06 <your_login>-20-04-1-full_210224.tar | ||
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| - | # Determine the number of files/directories in the backup | ||
| - | $ tar tvf <your_login>-20-04-1-full_210224.tar | wc -l | ||
| - | 112711 | ||
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| - | $ gzip *ubuntu*.tar | ||
| - | |||
| - | $ ls -ltrh *ubuntu*tar* | ||
| - | 976M Jan 21 2020 <your_login>_200121.tar.gz | ||
| - | 1.2G Aug 22 2020 <your_login>-16.04-full_200822.tar.gz | ||
| - | 1.8G Feb 24 14:06 <your_login>-20-04-1-full_210224.tar.gz | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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| - | ==== Restoring or relocating a Linux installation ==== | ||
| - | |||
| - | When we have a backup in a tar file, we can restore it to the default location (Check ?? FIXME), or specify where we want to restore it. This is a way of moving (relocating) an installation to another disk or partition than the default location ''C:\'' | ||
| ==== Uninstalling WSL ==== | ==== Uninstalling WSL ==== | ||
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