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System Administration Guide, Volume 1

Backup Device (dump-file) Argument

The dump-file argument (to the -f option) specifies the destination of the backup, which can be one of the following:

Use this argument when the destination is not the default local tape drive /dev/rmt/0. If you use the -f option, then you must specify a value for dump-file.

Note -

The dump-file argument can also point to a file on a local or remote disk, which, if used by mistake, can fill up a file system.

Local Tape or Diskette Drive

Typically, dump-file specifies a raw device file for a tape or diskette drive. When ufsdump writes to an output device, it creates a single backup file that might span multiple tapes or diskettes.

You specify the tape or diskette device on your system using a device abbreviation. The first device is always 0. For example, if you have a SCSI tape controller and one QIC-24 tape drive that uses medium-density formatting, use this device name:

/dev/rmt/0m

When you specify a tape device name, you can also type the letter "n" at the end of the name to indicate that the tape drive should not rewind after the backup is completed. For example:

/dev/rmt/0mn

Use the "no-rewind" option if you want to put more than one file onto the tape. If you run out of space during a backup, the tape does not rewind before ufsdump asks for a new tape. See "Backup Device Names" for a complete description of device naming conventions.

Remote Tape or Diskette Drive

You specify a remote tape or diskette drive using the syntax host:device. ufsdump writes to the remote device when root on the local system has access to the remote system. If you usually run ufsdump as root, the name of the local system must be included in the /.rhosts file on the remote system. If you specify the device as user@host:device, ufsdump tries to access the device on the remote system as the specified user. In this case, the specified user must be included in the /.rhosts file on the remote system.

Use the naming convention for the device that matches the operating system for the system on which the device resides, not the system from which you run the ufsdump command. If the drive is on a system that is running a previous SunOS release (for example, 4.1.1), use the SunOS 4.1 device name (for example, /dev/rst0). If the system is running Solaris software, use the SunOS 5.8 convention (for example, /dev/rmt/0).

Note -

You must specify remote devices explicitly with the dump-file argument. In previous SunOS releases, the rdump command directed the output to the remote device defined by the dumphost alias. ufsdump does not have an rufsdump counterpart.

Using Standard Output With ufsdump

When you specify a dash (-) as the dump-file argument, ufsdump writes to the standard output.

Note -

The -v option (verify) does not work when the dump-file argument is standard output.

You can use the ufsdump and ufsrestore commands in a pipeline to copy a file system by writing to the standard output with ufsdump and reading from the standard input with ufsrestore, as shown in this example:


# ufsdump 0f - /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7 | (cd /home; ufsrestore xf -)