ufsdump Command

The ufsdump command accepts the same command syntax as the SunOS release 4 dump command. ufsdump also accepts options listed in Table 9-15.

Table 9-15 ufsdump Command Options Not Available With the dump Command

Option	Function
-l	Autoload. When reaching the end of a tape (before completing the dump), take the drive offline and wait up to two minutes for the tape drive to be ready again. This gives autoloading (stackloader) tape drives a chance to load a new tape. If the drive is ready within two minutes, continue. If it is not ready after two minutes, prompt an operator to load another tape and wait.
-o	Offline. After completing the dump or reaching the end of a tape or diskette, take the drive offline and rewind the tape or eject the diskette. This prevents another process from using the drive and overwriting your data.
-S	Estimate size of dump. Determine the amount of space that is needed to perform the dump and output a single number indicating the estimated size of the dump in bytes. This is most useful for incremental backups.

Unlike dump, ufsdump can detect the end of medium, so you no longer have to use the -s size option to force dump programs to move to the next tape before reaching the end. Nevertheless, to ensure compatibility with older versions of the restore command, the -s option has been retained in ufsdump.

Even though ufsdump now can detect the end of medium, it has no way to predict the number of diskettes or tapes needed for a dump--unless you specify the medium size with the -s option. Therefore, the messages displayed at the start of a backup do not indicate the number of diskettes or tapes required unless you have specified the medium size.

The -w and -W options behave a little differently in the SunOS release 5.7 software. In the SunOS release 4 software, these options list all file systems that are scheduled for backup according to the backup frequencies specified in the /etc/fstab file. Since the SunOS release 5.7 equivalent file, /etc/vfstab, has no provision for specifying backup frequencies, these options now assume that each file system will be backed up daily. Therefore, they now list any file systems that have not been backed up within a day.

When performing backups across the network (backing up local file systems to a remote tape drive), use the device naming convention that is appropriate for the system with the tape drive. If the system with the tape drive is a SunOS release 5.7 system, use the device naming convention to identify the tape drive; otherwise, use the SunOS release 4 convention.