Backup Linux Host

Documentation, scripts, and incident records for backing up and maintaining Linux hosts.

Dell7610 Complete System Backup

Full system backup for dell7610 Kubuntu host before Proxmox migration.

Quick Start

# Run the backup (requires sudo)
sudo ./backup-dell7610.sh

What Gets Backed Up

Partition	Mount Point	Size	Method
sda4	/ (root)	57G	tar.gz (preserves permissions)
sda1	/boot/efi	6M	tar.gz
sda2	/mnt/annex	501G	rsync
md0 (RAID10)	/home	873G	rsync

Backup Destination

/mnt/pool/Darren/dell7610-backup-2025-12-16/

Files

File	Purpose
backup-dell7610.sh	Main backup script
backup-excludes.txt	Rsync exclusion patterns
RESTORE.md	VM restoration guide

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Contents

Incident Records

Date	Issue	Folder
2025-12-16	Qdrant backup disk exhaustion	qdrant-backup-fix-2025-12-16/
2025-12-16	Dell7610 pre-Proxmox backup	./ (this directory)

Qdrant Backup Fix (2025-12-16)

Critical fix for disk exhaustion caused by Qdrant backup system not deleting internal snapshots after download.

Key Files:

• scripts/backup.sh - Fixed backup script with internal snapshot deletion
• scripts/emergency-cleanup.sh - Emergency cleanup procedure
• monitoring/check-disk-health.sh - Disk health monitoring
• docs/incident-report.md - Full incident report
• docs/root-cause-analysis.md - Technical deep-dive

Quick Reference:

# Check disk health
./qdrant-backup-fix-2025-12-16/monitoring/check-disk-health.sh

# Emergency cleanup (when disk is full)
./qdrant-backup-fix-2025-12-16/scripts/emergency-cleanup.sh

# Clean qdrant internal snapshots only
docker exec qdrant sh -c "rm -rf /qdrant/snapshots/*"

# Clean external backups (keep latest per collection)
./qdrant-backup-fix-2025-12-16/scripts/cleanup-external.sh

Machine Reference

Host	Purpose	Key Partitions
dell7610	Kubuntu workstation	/, /home (RAID), /mnt/annex

Backup Locations

Location	Description
/mnt/annex/qdrant-backups/	External Qdrant backup storage
/mnt/pool/Backups/	Synology NAS backup destination
/qdrant/snapshots/	Internal Qdrant snapshots (inside container)