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System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems     Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Information Library
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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)

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)

How the ufsdump Command Works

Determining Device Characteristics

Detecting the End of Media

Copying Data With the ufsdump Command

Purpose of the /etc/dumpdates File

Backup Device (dump-file) Argument

Local Tape or Diskette Drive

Remote Tape or Diskette Drive

Using Standard Output With the ufsdump Command

Specifying Files to Back Up

Specifying Tape Characteristics

Limitations of the ufsdump Command

Specifying ufsdump Command Options and Arguments

Default ufsdump Options

The ufsdump Command and Security Issues

Specifying ufsrestore Options and Arguments

27.  Copying Files and File Systems (Tasks)

28.  Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)

Index

Specifying ufsdump Command Options and Arguments

This section describes how to specify options and arguments for the ufsdump command. The syntax for the ufsdump command is as follows:

/usr/sbin/ufsdump options arguments filenames
options

Is a single string of one-letter option names.

arguments

Identifies option arguments and might consist of multiple strings. The option letters and their associated arguments must be in the same order.

filenames

Identifies the files to back up. These arguments must always come last, each separated by a space.

Default ufsdump Options

If you run the ufsdump command without any options, use this syntax:

# ufsdump filenames

The ufsdump command uses these options and arguments, by default:

ufsdump 9uf /dev/rmt/0 filenames

These options do a level 9 incremental backup to the default tape drive at its preferred density.

For a description of the ufsdump options, see ufsdump(1M).