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iDrive Backups Through QEMU/KVM

2024-06-30 15:23:00

The iDrive script/program for Linux is messed up. Sometimes it works, other times you have to reconnect multiple times before it runs on a schedule, only to fail again upon reboot. The alternative is to run the iDrive Windows program inside of a QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine.

Steps

• Install QEMU/KVM / libvirtd and virt-manager.

• sudo apt install virt-manager
  sudo systemctl enable --now libvirtd
  sudo usermod -aG libvirt $USER

• Download Windows 10 LTSC IoT (the smallest possible Windows image).
• Setup Windows 10 Guest Tools for QEMU/KVM.
• Install the iDrive application on the Windows VM.

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