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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)

Using UFS Snapshots (Task Map)

UFS Snapshots Overview

Why Use UFS Snapshots?

UFS Snapshots Performance Issues

Creating and Deleting UFS Snapshots

Creating a Multiterabyte UFS Snapshot

How to Create a UFS Snapshot

How to Display UFS Snapshot Information

Deleting a UFS Snapshot

How to Delete a UFS Snapshot

Backing Up a UFS Snapshot

How to Create a Full Backup of a UFS Snapshot (ufsdump)

How to Create an Incremental Backup of a UFS Snapshot (ufsdump)

How to Back Up a UFS Snapshot (tar)

Restoring Data From a UFS Snapshot Backup

26.  Restoring UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

27.  UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)

28.  Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

29.  Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)

Index

Chapter 25

Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)

This chapter describes how to create and back up UFS snapshots.

For information on the procedures associated with creating UFS snapshots, see Using UFS Snapshots (Task Map).

For overview information about performing backups, see Chapter 23, Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview).