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Old 04-16-2008
Question full system backup

I have unix server with OS 5.8 ,,,
I tried ufsdump 0ua -f /dev/rmt/0 / to perform full system backup on tape but I failed could any one give a procedure for full system backup on solaris machine using tapes???
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Old 04-17-2008
maybe what you need might be here
BigAdmin Scripts: Backup/Restore
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