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)
28. Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
29. Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)
Specifying the Rewind Option for a Tape Drive
Specifying Different Densities for a Tape Drive
How to Display Tape Drive Status
Handling Magnetic Tape Cartridges
Retensioning a Magnetic Tape Cartridge
Rewinding a Magnetic Tape Cartridge
You typically back up Solaris systems by using the following tape media:
1/2-inch reel tape
1/4-inch streaming cartridge tape
8-mm cartridge tape
4-mm cartridge tape (DAT)
You can perform backups with diskettes, but doing so is time-consuming and cumbersome.
The media that you choose depends on the availability of the equipment that supports it and of the media (usually tape) that you use to store the files. Although you must do the backup from a local system, you can write the files to a remote device.
The following table shows typical tape devices that are used for backing up file systems. The storage capacity for each device depends on the type of drive and the data being written to the tape.
Table 29-1 Media Storage Capacities
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