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System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems
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Preface

1.  Managing Removable Media (Overview)

2.  Managing Removable Media (Tasks)

3.  Accessing Removable Media (Tasks)

4.  Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)

5.  Managing Devices (Overview/Tasks)

6.  Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)

7.  Using USB Devices (Overview)

8.  Using USB Devices (Tasks)

9.  Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)

10.  Managing Disks (Overview)

11.  Administering Disks (Tasks)

12.  SPARC: Adding a Disk (Tasks)

13.  x86: Adding a Disk (Tasks)

14.  Configuring Oracle Solaris iSCSI Targets and Initiators (Tasks)

15.  The format Utility (Reference)

16.  Managing File Systems (Overview)

17.  Creating ZFS, UFS, TMPFS, and LOFS File Systems (Tasks)

18.  Mounting and Unmounting File Systems (Tasks)

19.  Using The CacheFS File System (Tasks)

20.  Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)

21.  Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)

22.  UFS File System (Reference)

23.  Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview)

24.  Backing Up UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

25.  Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)

26.  Restoring UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

Restoring UFS Files and File System Backups (Task Map)

Preparing to Restore UFS Files and File Systems

Determining the UFS File System Name

Determining the Type of Tape Device You Need

Determining the Tape Device Name

Restoring UFS Files and File Systems

How to Determine Which Tapes to Use

How to Restore UFS Files Interactively

How to Restore Specific UFS Files Noninteractively

How to Restore a Complete UFS File System

How to Restore a UFS root (/) and /usr File System

27.  UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)

28.  Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

29.  Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)

Index

Chapter 26

Restoring UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

This chapter describes how to use the ufsrestore command to restore files and file systems that were backed up by using the ufsdump command.

For information on the procedures associated with restoring files and file systems, see Restoring UFS Files and File System Backups (Task Map).

For information about other commands you can use to archive, restore, copy, or move files and file systems, see Chapter 28, Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks).

For information about backing up and restoring file systems, see Chapter 23, Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview).