Clonezilla CLI to Clone and Restore

A few commandline functions to do clonezilla cloning or restoring on linux. Works with single partitions or full disk. Supports EXT, FAT, NTFS ...etc. Check the clonezilla site for other supported filesystems else it will use the dd command.

tutorial video: Link
offical website: Link

install requirements

clonezilla

configuration

vim ~/.zshrc or vim ~/.bashrc


#-------- Bash Color Code {{{
#------------------------------------------------------
# DESC: color code for bash compatible shell
# LINK: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Bash/Prompt_customization&oldid=419076#List_of_colors_for_prompt_and_Bash

# Reset
Color_Off='\e[0m'       # Text Reset

# Regular Colors
Black='\e[0;30m'        # Black
Red='\e[0;31m'          # Red
Green='\e[0;32m'        # Green
Yellow='\e[0;33m'       # Yellow
Blue='\e[0;34m'         # Blue
Purple='\e[0;35m'       # Purple
Cyan='\e[0;36m'         # Cyan
White='\e[0;37m'        # White

# Bold
BBlack='\e[1;30m'       # Black
BRed='\e[1;31m'         # Red
BGreen='\e[1;32m'       # Green
BYellow='\e[1;33m'      # Yellow
BBlue='\e[1;34m'        # Blue
BPurple='\e[1;35m'      # Purple
BCyan='\e[1;36m'        # Cyan
BWhite='\e[1;37m'       # White

# Underline
UBlack='\e[4;30m'       # Black
URed='\e[4;31m'         # Red
UGreen='\e[4;32m'       # Green
UYellow='\e[4;33m'      # Yellow
UBlue='\e[4;34m'        # Blue
UPurple='\e[4;35m'      # Purple
UCyan='\e[4;36m'        # Cyan
UWhite='\e[4;37m'       # White

# Background
On_Black='\e[40m'       # Black
On_Red='\e[41m'         # Red
On_Green='\e[42m'       # Green
On_Yellow='\e[43m'      # Yellow
On_Blue='\e[44m'        # Blue
On_Purple='\e[45m'      # Purple
On_Cyan='\e[46m'        # Cyan
On_White='\e[47m'       # White

# High Intensity
IBlack='\e[0;90m'       # Black
IRed='\e[0;91m'         # Red
IGreen='\e[0;92m'       # Green
IYellow='\e[0;93m'      # Yellow
IBlue='\e[0;94m'        # Blue
IPurple='\e[0;95m'      # Purple
ICyan='\e[0;96m'        # Cyan
IWhite='\e[0;97m'       # White

# Bold High Intensity
BIBlack='\e[1;90m'      # Black
BIRed='\e[1;91m'        # Red
BIGreen='\e[1;92m'      # Green
BIYellow='\e[1;93m'     # Yellow
BIBlue='\e[1;94m'       # Blue
BIPurple='\e[1;95m'     # Purple
BICyan='\e[1;96m'       # Cyan
BIWhite='\e[1;97m'      # White

# High Intensity backgrounds
On_IBlack='\e[0;100m'   # Black
On_IRed='\e[0;101m'     # Red
On_IGreen='\e[0;102m'   # Green
On_IYellow='\e[0;103m'  # Yellow
On_IBlue='\e[0;104m'    # Blue
On_IPurple='\e[10;95m'  # Purple
On_ICyan='\e[0;106m'    # Cyan
On_IWhite='\e[0;107m'   # White

# }}}

#-------- Clonezilla CLI (Clone and Restore Image) {{{
#------------------------------------------------------
### Full Disk Clone and Restore
clonezilla-disk-cloning() {
  if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
    echo -e "clone full disk to image"
    echo -e "\nUsage: $0 <output_file> <device>"
    echo -e "\nExample: $0 mydesktop sdx"
    echo -e "\nNote: <output_file> will be saved to your current path"
    return 1
  fi
  OUTPUT_FILE="$1_clonezilla_disk_`date +'%Y_%m_%d'`"
  DEVICE_NAME="$2"
  echo -e "${Yellow}>>>Checking if device is mounted ${Color_Off}"
    MOUNT_STATUS=$(mount | grep /dev/"$DEVICE_NAME" | wc -l)
    if [ "$MOUNT_STATUS" -ne 0 ]
    then
      lsblk -o "NAME,SIZE,FSTYPE,TYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID" | grep "$DEVICE_NAME"
      echo -e "${Red}>>>/dev/$DEVICE_NAME is mounted. You have to unmount the device and all of its partitions then try again ${Color_Off}"
      return 1
    fi
  echo -e "${Blue}>>>Set current output path to $PWD ${Color_Off}"
    sudo sed -i 's:ocsroot=.*:ocsroot='\""$PWD"\"':g' /etc/drbl/drbl.conf
  echo -e "${Green}>>>Start full disk cloning process ${Color_Off}"
  echo -e "${Green}>>>$OUTPUT_FILE image will be saved to $PWD ${Color_Off}"
    sudo ocs-sr -q2 -c -j2 -z1p -i 5000000 -sc -p true savedisk "$OUTPUT_FILE" "$DEVICE_NAME"
  echo -e "${Red}>>>Changing permission of $OUTPUT_FILE image ${Color_Off}"
    sudo chmod -R 777 "$OUTPUT_FILE"
}

clonezilla-disk-restore() {
  if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
    echo -e "restore full disk image to device"
    echo -e "\nUsage: $0 <input_file> <device>"
    echo -e "\nExample: $0 mydesktop_clonezilla_disk_2016_07_02 sdx"
    return 1
  fi
  INPUT_FILE="$1"
  DEVICE_NAME="$2"
  echo -e "${Yellow}>>>Checking if device is mounted ${Color_Off}"
    MOUNT_STATUS=$(mount | grep /dev/"$DEVICE_NAME" | wc -l)
    if [ "$MOUNT_STATUS" -ne 0 ]
    then
      lsblk -o "NAME,SIZE,FSTYPE,TYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID" | grep "$DEVICE_NAME"
      echo -e "${Red}>>>/dev/$DEVICE_NAME is mounted. You have to unmount the device and all of its partitions then try again ${Color_Off}"
      return 1
    fi
  echo -e "${Green}>>>Start full disk restore process ${Color_Off}"
    sudo /usr/sbin/ocs-sr -g auto -e1 auto -e2 -c -r -j2 -p true restoredisk "$INPUT_FILE" "$DEVICE_NAME"
}

### Partition Clone and Restore
clonezilla-partition-cloning() {
  if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
    echo -e "clone device partition to image"
    echo -e "\nUsage: $0 <output_file> <device>"
    echo -e "\nExample: $0 mylaptop sdx2"
    echo -e "\nNote: <output_file> will be saved to your current path"
    return 1
  fi
  OUTPUT_FILE="$1_clonezilla_part${PART_NUM}_`date +'%Y_%m_%d'`"
  DEVICE_NAME="$2"
  PART_NUM=$(echo "$2" | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g')
  echo -e "${Yellow}>>>Checking if device is mounted ${Color_Off}"
    MOUNT_STATUS=$(mount | grep /dev/"$DEVICE_NAME" | wc -l)
    if [ "$MOUNT_STATUS" -ne 0 ]
    then
      lsblk -o "NAME,SIZE,FSTYPE,TYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID" | grep "$DEVICE_NAME"
      echo -e "${Red}>>>/dev/$DEVICE_NAME is mounted. You have to unmount then try again ${Color_Off}"
      return 1
    fi
  echo -e "${Blue}>>>Set current output path to $PWD ${Color_Off}"
    sudo sed -i 's:ocsroot=.*:ocsroot='\""$PWD"\"':g' /etc/drbl/drbl.conf
  echo -e "${Green}>>>Start partition cloning process ${Color_Off}"
  echo -e "${Green}>>>$OUTPUT_FILE image will be saved to $PWD ${Color_Off}"
    sudo /usr/sbin/ocs-sr -q2 -c -j2 -z1p -i 5000000 -sc -p true saveparts "$OUTPUT_FILE" "$DEVICE_NAME"
  echo -e "${Red}>>>Changing permission of $OUTPUT_FILE image ${Color_Off}"
    sudo chmod -R 777 "$OUTPUT_FILE"
}

clonezilla-partition-restore() {
  if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
    echo -e "restore image to device partition"
    echo -e "\nUsage: $0 <input_file> <device>"
    echo -e "\nExample: $0 mylaptop_clonezilla_partition2_2016_07_02 sdx2"
    echo -e "\nNote: partition <device> usually have numbers at the end (sdx1)"
    return 1
  fi
  INPUT_FILE="$1"
  DEVICE_NAME="$2"
  echo -e "${Yellow}>>>Checking if device is mounted ${Color_Off}"
    MOUNT_STATUS=$(mount | grep /dev/"$DEVICE_NAME" | wc -l)
    if [ "$MOUNT_STATUS" -ne 0 ]
    then
      lsblk -o "NAME,SIZE,FSTYPE,TYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID" | grep "$DEVICE_NAME"
      echo -e "${Red}>>>/dev/$DEVICE_NAME is mounted. You have to unmount then try again ${Color_Off}"
      return 1
    fi
  echo -e "${Green}>>>Start partition restore process ${Color_Off}"
    sudo /usr/sbin/ocs-sr -g auto -e1 auto -e2 -c -r -j2 -k -p true restoreparts "$INPUT_FILE" "$DEVICE_NAME"
}

# }}}

other commands

alias df='df -hT --total'       # human readable, print filetype, and total
alias lsblk='lsblk -o "KNAME,HOTPLUG,SIZE,FSTYPE,TYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT,UUID,MODEL,SERIAL"'

usage

## Make sure you have enough space to save the image
## Image will be saved to the current shell path

# backup
df
mkdir mysaveddata
cd mysaveddata
lsblk
clonezilla-disk-cloning myusbdrive sdd


## The device/partition has to be equal or greater in order for you to restore to it

# restore
cd mysaveddata
lsblk
clonezilla-disk-restore myusbdrive_clonezilla_disk_2017_05_18 sdd

common error

Use fsck command to check and repair if you get this type of error

# Partclone fail, please check /var/log/partclone.log
# Failed to use partclone program to save or restore an image!
cat /var/log/partclone.log

Partclone v0.2.89 http://partclone.org
Starting to clone device (/dev/sdd1) to image (-)
Reading Super Block
extfsclone.c: FS has been mounted 20 times without being checked

# Force check
lsblk
sudo fsck.ext3 /dev/sdd1

references

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0WBIOtj5Fo
format2usb tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7txO1cdNJsQ
http://clonezilla.org/

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