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Copying the content of a filesystem to different Harddrive

my server runs solaris 10 , one of the partition in my primary harddrive is 99% full , i want to move the contents of it to the second harddrive . what is the best way to move the contents to 2nd drive ? which command should i use cpio/dd/tar/ufsdump .... please guide me with the command and the option i need to use .

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FSSYNC-DEBUG_MOVE(8)					       AFS Command Reference					      FSSYNC-DEBUG_MOVE(8)

NAME
fssync-debug_move - Sets volume moved flag (FSYNC_VOL_MOVE opcode) SYNOPSIS
fssync-debug move -volumeid <volume ID> [-partition <exact partition name>] [-reason <sync protocol reason code>] [-programtype <program type code>] [-help] fssync-debug mov -v <volume ID> [-pa <exact partition name>] [-r <sync protocol reason code>] [-pr <program type code>] [-h] DESCRIPTION
The fssync-debug move command sets volume moved flag. OPTIONS
-volumeid <volume ID> Specifies the numeric volume ID. Volume names are not permitted. -partition <exact partition name> Specifies the exact partition name (e.g. /vicepa). Abbreviations are not permitted. -reason <sync protocol reason code> Specifies numeric sync protocol reason code. Available codes are listed in OpenAFS source file src/vol/fssync_inline.h. For SYNC_REASON_NONE, use -reason 0. -programtype <program type code> Specifies program type code. Permitted values are fileServer, volumeUtility, salvager, salvageServer, volumeServer and volumeSalvager. PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
The issuer must have write access to the file server. Usually, this means that the issuer must be the local superuser "root" on the file server machine. SEE ALSO
fssync-debug_attach(8), fssync-debug_detach(8), fssync-debug_online(8), fssync-debug_offline(8), fssync-debug_leaveoff(8) COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2010 Davor Ocelic <docelic@spinlocksolutions.com> This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. This man page was written by Davor Ocelic for OpenAFS, based on documentation from Steven Jenkins, Tom Keiser and Simon Wilkinson. OpenAFS 2012-03-26 FSSYNC-DEBUG_MOVE(8)