Document Information
Preface
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: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
13. x86: Adding a Disk (Tasks)
14. Configuring Solaris iSCSI Targets and Initiators (Tasks)
15. Configuring and Managing the Solaris Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS)
16. The format Utility (Reference)
17. Managing File Systems (Overview)
18. Creating UFS, TMPFS, and LOFS File Systems (Tasks)
19. Mounting and Unmounting File Systems (Tasks)
20. Using The CacheFS File System (Tasks)
21. Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)
22. Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)
23. UFS File System (Reference)
24. Backing Up and Restoring File Systems (Overview)
25. Backing Up Files and File Systems (Tasks)
Preparing for File System Backups
How to Find File System Names
How to Determine the Number of Tapes Needed for a Full Backup
Backing Up a File System
How to Back Up a File System to Tape
26. Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)
27. Restoring Files and File Systems (Tasks)
28. UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)
29. Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)
30. Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)
Index
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Backing Up Files and File System (Task Map)
Task |
Description |
For Instructions |
1. Prepare for file
system backups. |
Identify the file systems, the type of backup, and the tape
device to be used for the backups. |
Preparing for File System Backups |
2. Determine the number of tapes needed
to back up a file system. |
Determine the number of tapes that are
needed for a full backup of a file system. |
How to Determine the Number of Tapes Needed for a Full Backup |
3. Back up file systems. |
Perform
a full backup of file systems to get baseline copies of all files. Perform
an incremental backup of file systems based on whether keeping copies of files
that have changed on a daily basis is important at your site. |
How to Back Up a File System to Tape |
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