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Operating Systems Solaris backup the whole system to a usb disk. Post 302636447 by botella on Monday 7th of May 2012 12:13:10 PM
Old 05-07-2012
backup the whole system to a usb disk.
Hi dears, i´m working with a sun sparc server(M4000) , solaris 10 installed.
I need a little help, because i wanna know if is it possible to backup the whole system in a usb disk.
I´m gonna explain you a little more why i want to do it.
Currently i have installed a Solaris 10 working with veritas, sybase and a propietary software. I have to change the propietary software to make some test. For that i have to reinstall Solaris, sybase, and veritas, reconfigure the system and install the propietary software.
The problem is, that i have to make the test and recover the current configuration. For that i want to backup all the information to a usb disk (500g), and when i finish testing, could copy all the information again.
In windows i would do it using the ghost program and making a snapshot of the whole disk. But here with spark and solaris i don´t know what is the best way to do it.
The stuff is: backup the server now, can delete the solaris and install another things, when i finish testing could recover my server in the current status that has today.

Thanks in advance.
 

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install-solaris

install-solaris(1M)                                                                                                            install-solaris(1M)

NAME

       install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       install-solaris

       install-solaris  invokes  the  Solaris  Install  program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
       install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.

       The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:

       For SPARC machines:

       128 MB

           Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       128 MB

           Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       384 MB

           Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       For x86 machines:

       256 MB

           Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       256 MB

           Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       512 MB

           Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number  of  fea-
       tures available.

       install-solaris  exists  only  on  the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the  for more
       details.

       install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
       installation media. Refer to the  for disk space requirements.

       Refer to the  for more information on the various menus and selections.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcdrom  (Solaris instal-  |
       |                             |lation media)                |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability          |Evolving                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.

                                                                    23 Sep 2005                                                install-solaris(1M)
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