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Originally Posted by
rahmantanko
May I know whether I can a restore a backup of the following files and folders from one machine Sunfire V880 to another Sunfire V880 all running the same Solaris 9 without any problems to the 2nd machine ?
For some of these directories, there is a very large set of potential problems.
/usr would be relatively safe assuming both servers have exactly the same set of packages installed and the same patch level.
/var files are server specific so copying them from one server to another might lead to unpredictable issues. Here again, the same package/patch level constraint is a pre-requirement.
/etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group would be fine for the system accounts but any discrepancy between extra accounts might lead to issues although the fact the home directories are copied too would reduce that risk.
/home is by default handled by the automounter so cannot be written to. If it is a regular directory, there would be no OS specific issues with copying it.