iDrive Backups Through QEMU/KVM

Posted on by Brody Rethy

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 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.