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==== Option 8: Perform backup to USB device ====
 
==== Option 8: Perform backup to USB device ====
 
Attach a USB Device and follow the prompts.
 
Attach a USB Device and follow the prompts.
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The compression level of the backup *.tgz file can be altered by the "db configuration setprop backupconsole CompressionLevel=value" this then will decrease or increase the time taken to create the backup.
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To regulate the speed of compression using the specified digit n, where `-1' indicates the fastest compression method (less compression) and or `-9' indicates the slowest compression method (optimal compression). The default compression level is `-6' (that is, biased towards high compression at expense of speed).
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Setting level of compression via custom db setting
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db configuration setprop backupconsole CompressionLevel=-9
    
To restore this type of USB Backup, perform a clean install and when prompted if you wish to restore attach the USB Drive.
 
To restore this type of USB Backup, perform a clean install and when prompted if you wish to restore attach the USB Drive.
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Don't have the Drive attached during the install or the drive will be formatted !!
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{{Warning box|If the USB Drive is left attached during the install it will be formatted !!}}
    
[[Image:Console-backup.png]]
 
[[Image:Console-backup.png]]
    
{{Note box|The console backup to USB device is an independent method not related to the server-manager backup options. [[:SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter10]]}}
 
{{Note box|The console backup to USB device is an independent method not related to the server-manager backup options. [[:SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter10]]}}

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