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About This Book

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)

8.  Using USB Devices (Tasks)

9.  Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)

10.  Managing Disks (Overview)

11.  Administering Disks (Tasks)

12.  SPARC: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)

13.  x86: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)

14.  Configuring Oracle Solaris iSCSI Targets and Initiators (Tasks)

15.  The format Utility (Reference)

16.  Managing File Systems (Overview)

17.  Creating and Mounting File Systems (Tasks)

18.  Using The CacheFS File System (Tasks)

19.  Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)

20.  Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)

21.  UFS File System (Reference)

22.  Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview)

Where to Find UFS Backup and Restore Tasks

Introduction to Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems

Why You Should Back Up File Systems

Planning Which UFS File Systems to Back Up

Choosing the Type of Backup

Choosing a Tape Device

High-Level View of Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Task Map)

Considerations for Scheduling Backups

How Often Should You Do Backups?

Backup Interval Terms and Definitions

Guidelines for Scheduling Backups

Using Dump Levels to Create Incremental Backups

Example--Dump Levels for Daily, Cumulative Backups

Example--Dump Levels for Daily, Incremental Backups

Sample Backup Schedules

Example--Daily Cumulative, Weekly Cumulative Backup Schedule

Tape Requirements for the Daily Cumulative, Weekly Cumulative Schedule

Example--Daily Cumulative, Weekly Incremental Backup Schedule

Tape Requirements for the Daily Cumulative, Weekly Incremental Backup Schedule

Example--Daily Incremental, Weekly Cumulative Backup Schedule

Tape Requirements for Daily Incremental, Weekly Cumulative Schedule

Example--Monthly Backup Schedule for a Server

23.  Backing Up UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

24.  Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)

25.  Restoring UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

26.  UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)

27.  Copying Files and File Systems (Tasks)

28.  Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)

Index

Chapter 22

Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview)

This chapter provides guidelines and planning information for backing up and restoring UFS file systems by using the ufsdump and ufsrestore commands.

This is a list of the overview information in this chapter.