System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Chapter 45 Backing Up and Restoring Files and File Systems Topics

This topic map lists the chapters that provide information on backing up and restoring files and file systems.

Chapter 46, Backing Up and Restoring File Systems (Overview)	Provides guidelines and planning information on backing up and restoring files and file systems.
Chapter 47, Backing Up Files and File Systems (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for backing up individual files and complete file systems from local devices or remote devices.
Chapter 48, Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for creating snapshots of UFS file systems.
Chapter 49, Restoring Files and File Systems (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for restoring individual files and complete file systems.
Chapter 50, UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)	Describes how the `ufsdump` command works. Also describes the syntax and options for the `ufsdump` and `ufsrestore` commands.
Chapter 51, Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for using the `dd`, `pax`, `cpio`, and `tar` commands with different types of backup media. Also provides instructions for copying files with a different header format.
Chapter 52, Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for adding and determining the type of tape device and backup device names. Also provides instructions for working with magnetic tape cartridges.