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Originally Posted by rollercoaster
ebooks are easy to reacquire but the metadata not so much. I want to backup the metadata, say, every week and keep old copies for a long duration. like 6 months or so.
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This is my backup strategy.
Note: The below method will not backup custom recipes, they are stored in the metadata.db file. I save all of my custom recipes separate from Calibre as .recipe files when I create them. I wanted folks to know the limitation of this backup option.
- I use the Save to Disk option in Calibre (ensuring both Save cover separately and Save metadata in OPF file are checked) to save my books in a backup directory.
- Every time I add/update any books I select them and use Save to Disk to save them to my backup directory.
- If I ever need to restore from a catastrophic failure I just reinstall Calibre and point it to a new Library folder and import the books. All the metadata, covers, tags, series etc... are recreated perfectly.
I have actually restored a couple of times to test this setup and my library has always passed the disaster recovery test.
