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I’m currently working with an EDATEC industrial IPC based on Raspberry Pi Compute Module, and I’ve already spent quite a bit of time configuring the operating system, installing software packages, and setting up my application environment.
Before deploying more units, I’d like to create a complete image of this configured system so I can restore it or clone it to other devices if needed.
I have a few questions:
Is there an official way to export the entire system as a bootable .img file?
Does the backup include the operating system, installed applications, and all configuration files?
Can the exported image be restored to another EDATEC IPC with the same hardware configuration?
Are there any storage location requirements when generating the image?
I’d appreciate it if anyone who has done this before could point me in the right direction.
Assuming an eMMC compute module and you are running Raspberry Pi OS (Debian derivative) then it’s by using the usual *nix dd commands for backup/restore.
There is no specific compute module backup information provided by the company because they assume the engineers deploying it are *nix power users unlike their original line of SBCs.
More details are available from their new AI powered documentation search.
If you need more information or assistance I highly recommend the official support forum. Their engineers are very active answering questions and provide additional contact options when needed.
