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)
Determining Device Characteristics
Copying Data With the ufsdump Command
Purpose of the /etc/dumpdates File
Backup Device (dump-file) Argument
Using Standard Output With the ufsdump Command
Specifying Tape Characteristics
Limitations of the ufsdump Command
Specifying ufsdump Command Options and Arguments
Specifying ufsrestore Options and Arguments
28. Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
If you are concerned about security, you should do the following:
Require superuser access for the ufsdump command.
Ensure superuser access entries are removed from /.rhosts files on clients and servers if you are doing centralized backups.
For general information on security, see System Administration Guide: Security Services.