Raspberry Pi: Backup & Fast Deployment

Introduction

In this topic, I will be speaking about taking an image as a backup from an already deployed (Agent/Edge/etc…), then either restore to the same Raspberry Pi or to another one, to make the deployment of multiple OS + Agent/Edge as a piece of cake.

Pre-requisite

• Raspberry Pi: That has an operating system and agent if possible.
• Win32 Disk Imager
• Raspberry Pi Imager

Steps to follow

• Download & install the needed software in Pre-requisite section.

Back Up Steps

• Turn off the Raspberry Pi that you want to backup its image
• Remove its SD card and plug it in the Computer:

• In any folder, create a text file, name it by the day date and save it as “.img” extension:

• Run “win32DiskImager” as an administrator, then select the image file you created:

• Select the SD drive to read the image from, then click “Read”:

• Wait till the process completes:

• Now the image is copied and you can check the file properties to see its size changed to be same as the SD card size:

• Remove the SD card from the Computer

Restore Steps

• Plug in the new SD Card to the computer

• Run “Raspberry Pi Imager” as an administrator, then Click on “CHOOSE OS”:

• Select “Use Custom” from the drop down list:

• Select the image you have created:

• Click on “CHOOSE STORAGE” and select the SD card:

• Now Click on "Write" and a message will show up, click yes:

• Wait till the process completes:

• Click CONTINUE and remove the SD and plug it either in new Raspberry Pi or the one that you want to restore the backup to.

  Useful links | Relevant resources

• Check this tutorial

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