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)
9. Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)
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)
27. UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)
28. Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
Copying File Systems Between Disks
Making a Literal File System Copy
Copying Directories Between File Systems (cpio Command)
How to Copy Directories Between File Systems (cpio)
Copying Files and File Systems to Tape
Copying Files to Tape (tar Command)
How to Copy Files to a Tape (tar)
How to List the Files on a Tape (tar)
How to Retrieve Files From a Tape (tar)
Copying Files to a Tape With the pax Command
How to Copy Files to a Tape (pax)
Copying Files to Tape With the cpio Command
How to Copy All Files in a Directory to a Tape (cpio)
How to List the Files on a Tape (cpio)
How to Retrieve All Files From a Tape (cpio)
How to Retrieve Specific Files From a Tape (cpio)
Copying Files to a Remote Tape Device
How to Copy Files to a Remote Tape Device (tar and dd)
How to Extract Files From a Remote Tape Device
Copying Files and File Systems to Diskette
What You Should Know When Copying Files to Diskettes
How to Copy Files to a Single Formatted Diskette (tar)
How to List the Files on a Diskette (tar)
How to Retrieve Files From a Diskette (tar)
Archiving Files to Multiple Diskettes
When you need to back up and restore complete UFS file systems, use the ufsdump and ufsrestore commands described in Chapter 27, UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference). When you want to copy or move individual files, portions of file systems, or complete file systems, you can use the procedures described in this chapter instead of the ufsdump and ufsrestore commands.
The following table describes when to use the various backup commands.
Table 28-1 When to Use Various Backup Commands
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The following table describes various backup and restore commands.
Table 28-2 Summary of Various Backup Commands
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The following table describes the advantages and disadvantages of some of these commands.
Table 28-3 Advantages and Disadvantages of tar, pax, and cpio Commands
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The following sections describes step-by-step instructions and examples of how to use these commands.