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Operating Systems Solaris Backing up the system Post 302111958 by Sowser on Friday 23rd of March 2007 02:13:47 PM

03-23-2007

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ufsdump

do you have a tape drive attached? if so, just use ufsdump...so easy and convenient. Stick the file in cron and stick the following in the file.

clear
mt rewind
echo " THE TAPE IS REWINDING ....." > /var/adm/backlog
ARCH=/home/homedir
echo ""
echo " Backup start...." >> /var/adm/backlog
date >> /var/adm/backlog
ufsdump 0uf /dev/rmt/0cn /
echo "/ is done " >> /var/adm/backlog
ufsdump 0uf /dev/rmt/0cn /usr
echo "/usr is done " >> /var/adm/backlog
ufsdump 0uf /dev/rmt/0cn /export/home
echo "/export/home is done " >> /var/adm/backlog
ufsdump 0uf /dev/rmt/0cn /home
echo "/home is done " >> /var/adm/backlog
ufsdump 0uf /dev/rmt/0cn /ford
echo "/ford is done " >> /var/adm/backlog
ufsdump 0uf /dev/rmt/0cn /bulk
echo "/bulk is done " >> /var/adm/backlog
echo ""
echo "THE FULL SYSTEM BACKUP IS COMPLETED"
echo "THE FULL SYSTEM BACKUP IS COMPLETED" >> /var/adm/backlog
date >> /var/adm/backlog
echo "PLEASE REMOVE THE TAPE AND STORE IT IN A SAFE LOCATION"

You can modify it as needed with additional timestamps & more mount points.

Hope that helps...try it out line by line before you implement the script version. That way you know it works from beginning to end for your specific server.

-S

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wtmpx

utmpx(4)							   File Formats 							  utmpx(4)

NAME

       utmpx, wtmpx - utmpx and wtmpx database entry formats

SYNOPSIS

       #include <utmpx.h>
       /var/adm/utmpx
       /var/adm/wtmpx

DESCRIPTION

       The utmpx and wtmpx files are extended database files that have superseded the obsolete utmp and wtmp database files.

       The  utmpx database contains user access and accounting information for commands such as who(1), write(1), and login(1). The wtmpx database
       contains the history of user access and accounting information for the  utmpx database.

USAGE

       Applications should not access these databases directly, but should use the functions described on the getutxent(3C) manual page to  inter-
       act with the utmpx and wtmpx databases to ensure that they are maintained consistently.

FILES

       /var/adm/utmpx	       user access and adminstration information

       /var/adm/wtmpx	       history of user access and adminstrative information

SEE ALSO

       getutxent(3C), wait(3C)wait.h(3HEAD)

SunOS 5.10							    22 Feb 1999 							  utmpx(4)