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Originally Posted by crescere
I use Carbonite to backup my data, but I still want to put the right files on an external drive. Are you saying I have to find the metadata files and back them up separately?
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I already told you what you need to backup. I wont change my opinion on that unless the structure of a calibre changes, I doubt that's going happen any time soon.
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Originally Posted by BetterRed
You should backup the library folder in its entirety and restore it in its entirety. If you 'lose' an individual book then you have to import it back into the calibre via the Add process - which could be from a backup location.
If you already have backup/restore processes and tools in place for other data - eg documents, photos, software, source code etc - then you should probably just include the calibre libraries into those processes.
As I previously mention there's also the configuration data, which should also be backed up.
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I have no knowledge of Carbonite - but its cloud based then you should read
Frequently Asked Questions. In particularly this paragraph
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If you must share the actual library, use a file syncing tool like DropBox or rsync instead of a networked drive. If you are using a file-syncing tool it is essential that you make sure that both calibre and the file syncing tool do not try to access the calibre library at the same time. In other words, do not run the file syncing tool and calibre at the same time.
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applies equally to cloud backup services used for backup.
BR