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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)

Backing Up UFS Files and File System (Task Map)

Preparing for File System Backups

How to Find UFS File System Names

How to Determine the Number of Tapes Needed for a Full Backup

Backing Up a UFS File System

How to Back Up a UFS File System to Tape

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)

29.  Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)

Index

Chapter 24

Backing Up UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

This chapter describes the procedures for backing up file systems by using the ufsdump command.

For information on these procedures, see Backing Up UFS Files and File System (Task Map).

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

For information about backing up individual files to diskettes, see Chapter 28, Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks).

For additional information on the ufsdump command, see Chapter 27, UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference).