Example—Performing a Full Backup of root (/) (System Administration Guide: Basic Administration)

System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Example—Performing a Full Backup of root (`/`)

The following example shows how to do a full backup of the root (/) file system. The system in this example is brought to single-user mode before the backup. The following ufsdump options are included:

0 specifies that this is a 0 level dump (or a full backup)
u specifies that the /etc/dumpdates file is updated with the date of this backup
c identifies a cartridge tape device
f /dev/rmt/0 identifies the tape device
/ is the file system being backed up

# shutdown -g30 -y
# ufsdump 0ucf /dev/rmt/0 /
  DUMP: Writing 63 Kilobyte records
  DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Wed Sep 05 13:27:20 2001
  DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
  DUMP: Dumping /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s0 (earth:/) to /dev/rmt/0.
  DUMP: Mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
  DUMP: Mapping (Pass II) [directories]
  DUMP: Estimated 57150 blocks (27.91MB).
  DUMP: Dumping (Pass III) [directories]
  DUMP: Dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
  DUMP: Tape rewinding
  DUMP: 57076 blocks (27.87MB) on 1 volume at 265 KB/sec
  DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
  DUMP: Level 0 dump on Wed Sep 05 13:27:20 2001
  # ufsrestore tf /dev/rmt/0
         2      .
         3      ./lost+found
      3776      ./usr
      7552      ./var
     11328      ./export
     15104      ./export/home
     18880      ./etc
     22656      ./etc/default
     22657      ./etc/default/sys-suspend
     22673      ./etc/default/cron
     22674      ./etc/default/devfsadm
     22675      ./etc/default/dhcpagent
     22676      ./etc/default/fs
     22677      ./etc/default/inetinit
     22678      ./etc/default/kbd
     22679      ./etc/default/mpathd
     22680      ./etc/default/nfslogd
     22681      ./etc/default/passwd
                .
                .
                .
  # (Press Control-d to bring system to run level 3)