Part-2: Creation of autorun recovery Clonezilla live CD/DVD from image

In the first part, we have created the Clonezilla image and store it on SSH Server. In this part, we’ll create the autorun recovery Clonezilla live DVD from that image.

Note: You need to go through the same process again from step 1 to until step 15, that we have performed in Part-1.

1) Select the “recovery-iso-zip” and press ENTER:



2) In the next screen, select the image folder (This is the image folder that we have created in part 1):



3) Choose the destination disk to be recovered when the recovery DVD being used:



4) Select the language that will be used in the recovery Clonezilla live:



5) Set the keyboard layout when the recovery DVD is used, default is NONE:



6) Select “iso” to create a DVD disk image which can burn on a DVD disc:



7) It displays a single command that will be executed, press ENTER to continue:



8) It will display a warning for confirmation that you want to continue, press “y“:



9) Creation of the iso image begin:



10) After the sucessful creation of iso image, Clonezilla will display a summary, press ENTER to continue:



11) Finally, select an option (poweroff, reboot etc),Don’t forget to remove the CloneZilla Live CD from the CD drive:



Verification of iso image on SSH Server:



Hope this will help you!

Part-1: Creation of Hard drive image using Clonezilla

Scenario:

The scenario is really simple, in which I want to backup my Ubuntu server using the “CloneZilla Live” and also want to store it on another server which has an ip address of 192.168.179.141. If you want to learn more about CloneZilla, please visit this link.

Let’s start the tutorial by inserting the CloneZilla Live CD into the server that you want to backup and boot from it.

1) At first, CloneZilla Live comes up with this screen just press ENTER:



2) Next, select your desired language:



3) If you are using US keymap, just select the default option “Don’t touch keymap” and press ENTER:



4) Select “Start Clonezilla” and press ENTER:



5) Select “device-image” and press ENTER:



6) Here we’ll select that where we want to store the hard drive image. In my case, I have selected SSH server:



7) Here, it will ask the network setting (I have selected dhcp):



8) Then it will ask the SSH server address (In my case, it is 192.168.179.141):



9) Next ssh port (default is 22):



10) User account on SSH Server that is allowed to write/read on the server:



11) Specify the directory on SSH Server, where CloneZilla image will be saved(In my case, it is /home/arbab/clonezilla):



12)Next click on OK:



13)and then enter your SSH password:



14) Next screen will confirm the successfully mount. Press “Enter“:



15) Choose “Beginner” then hit Enter:



16) Select “savedisk” because, we want to create an image of the full hard drive:



17) Input the name that you want to give to your image (default is just fine for me):



18) Choose the hard drive for which you want to create an image:



19) Select an option, if you want to check & repair the file system before saving (I am going with default option, which is skip):



20) Select this option, if you want to check the saved image is restorable:



21) Hit Enter:



22) Then press “y” and Hit Enter to start the image creation process:



After this, image creation process will start (please be patient, this may take some time):



23) After the successful image creation, press ENTER:



24) Select your desired option to Poweroff/Reboot etc the CloneZilla Live system:



Login to SSH Server and verify the disk image:



Hope this will help you!