Some basic use for dummies?
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 8:57 pm
Hi, wimlib looks amazing, but I need to wrap my head about the basic use
I am used to borgbackup on linux, and ever since I was exposed to it I am looking for opensource deduplicating backup for windows
finding out something that also uses VSS was godsend
anyway...
now I can check some basic info about it that tells me index and stuff
alright, that seems to be working, now how about accessing the files in it
7zip opening it up has no problem, but mounting with dism works too
But here comes the thing, I want to make backup every week and then in half a year, access backup from some specific week of my choice, how do I go about it? Or how about deleting older backups inside?
I am not sure if a wim file is like repo in borgbackup that gives list of snapshots and I can mount that specific snapshot with only files from that date or delete that snapshot.
I start to get the feeling that its more hands on, like a magic rar or zip archive. I can put in to it stuff and the magic box deduplicates files in it, but without some higher level mechanism to get stuff out based on when it was put in or something.
But this I guess where append or join comes to work? I could name a folder by the date of the backup and put it in to the wim file with append right next to all the other folders with date as their name....
Anyway, I already spend some time reading around, and got tired, so I just ask how to go about this...
maybe one succinct info page on the site with examples of real use would be god send.
I am used to borgbackup on linux, and ever since I was exposed to it I am looking for opensource deduplicating backup for windows
finding out something that also uses VSS was godsend
anyway...
- $target = D:\important
- $backup = E:\backups
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wimlib-imagex.exe capture --snapshot D:\important E:\backups\important_backup.wim
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wimlib-imagex.exe info E:\backups\important_backup.wim
7zip opening it up has no problem, but mounting with dism works too
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dism /mount-wim /wimfile:E:\backups\important_backup.wim /index:1 /mountdir:C:\recovery
I am not sure if a wim file is like repo in borgbackup that gives list of snapshots and I can mount that specific snapshot with only files from that date or delete that snapshot.
I start to get the feeling that its more hands on, like a magic rar or zip archive. I can put in to it stuff and the magic box deduplicates files in it, but without some higher level mechanism to get stuff out based on when it was put in or something.
But this I guess where append or join comes to work? I could name a folder by the date of the backup and put it in to the wim file with append right next to all the other folders with date as their name....
Anyway, I already spend some time reading around, and got tired, so I just ask how to go about this...
maybe one succinct info page on the site with examples of real use would be god send.