If your Ubuntu installation locks up as the graphical boot screen attempts to initialize, and you can't get access to your system after starting it up, booting into a previous version can be a help.
This can happen after updating to the the latest update to Linux 4.4.0-108 kernel, which included a fix for the Meltdown vulnerability.
Here is an example of how you can set up a back up system for a Drupal web site with Drush. Daily backups are kept for a week, after which they are deleted, and the weekly, full backups are deleted after 30 days. This script comes with no warranties of any kind, as always, test thoroughly before using it.