GM-BACKUP(8)

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💾 gm-backup — the manual, but make it slay

okay bestie, so this is gm-backup(8), part of the System Manager's Manual, and it's literally the page that tells you how to back up your entire GNUmed database. no cap. let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

gm-backup — a complete backup of the GNUmed database 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gm-backup

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no flags, no args, she just works ✨

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so the gm-backup script creates a backup of the database schema, the data, and the roles — all three, together, the whole squad 💖

and what can you even do with that backup, you ask? two iconic options:

  • you can recreate the backed up GNUmed database from scratch 🌱
  • or you can restore data into an existing GNUmed database — but heads up, that existing database has to be devoid of any data first, so no sneaky merging into a full one 🙈
bestie, listen. it is a really good idea to run this in a daily cron/anacron job. like genuinely. it keeps your GNUmed patient data safe against data loss and that's not optional energy, that's main character energy 👑

and fun fact: the Debian GNU/Linux packaged version of the GNUmed server installs such a cron job by default. so if that's you, you're already covered, slay 🦋

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

  • gm-restore(8) — the other half of the duo, go read her too 🫶
  • /etc/gnumed/gnumed-backup.conf — the config file, iykyk ⭐

💜 AUTHOR 💜

this manual page was written by Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system — but fr fr, it may be used by others too 🌈

💖 GNUmed server database backup — 2016 March 13th 💖

okay that's the whole page bestie, go back up your data and drink some water 🍓🧚✨

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