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title: Install vmbackup on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of vmbackup for Linux - vmabckup creates VictoriaMetrics
  data backups from instant snapshots.
url: https://snapcraft.io/vmbackup
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# vmbackup

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latest/stable v1.107.0

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Install latest/stable of vmbackup

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install vmbackup
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* vmbackup

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 9 December 2024 - latest/stable
* 9 December 2024 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [victoriametrics.com](https://victoriametrics.com/ "https://victoriametrics.com/")

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### Contact

* [info@victoriametrics.com](mailto:info@victoriametrics.com "mailto:info@victoriametrics.com")

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### Source code

* [github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics "https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/new/choose](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/new/choose "https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/new/choose")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/vmbackup#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/vmbackup#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/vmbackup#tab-security)

#### vmabckup creates VictoriaMetrics data backups from instant snapshots.

creates VictoriaMetrics data backups from instant snapshots(<https://docs.victoriametrics.com/Single-server-VictoriaMetrics.html#how-to-work-with-snapshots>) .

Supports incremental and full backups. Incremental backups are created automatically if the destination path already contains data from the previous backup. Full backups can be sped up with pointing to an already existing backup on the same remote storage. In this case makes server-side copy for the shared data between the existing backup and new backup. It saves time and costs on data transfer.

Backup process can be interrupted at any time. It is automatically resumed from the interruption point when restarting with the same args.

Backed up data can be restored with vmrestore.

See <https://medium.com/@valyala/speeding-up-backups-for-big-time-series-databases-533c1a927883> for more details.

See also vmbackupmanager (<https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmbackupmanager.html>) tool built on top of . This tool simplifies creation of hourly, daily, weekly and monthly backups.

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## Install vmbackup on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmbackup/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmbackup/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmbackup/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmbackup/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmbackup/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmbackup/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmbackup/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmbackup/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmbackup/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmbackup/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmbackup/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmbackup/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmbackup/raspbian)