What's New in Backing Up and Restoring File Systems?

This section describes new backup and restore features in the Solaris 9 release.

UFS Snapshots

The Solaris 9 release includes the fssnap command for the backing up of file systems while the file system is mounted.

You can use the fssnap command to create a read-only snapshot of a file system. A snapshot is a file system's temporary image that is intended for backup operations.

For more information, see Chapter 48, Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks).