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Old 05-10-2018
I need to get to grips with NFS now, as I understand what I need to do is on each of the server, export the file system or dirrectory containing the flar archive to the server with lots of space...

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I have now create a flar archive:

Code:
bash-3.00# flarcreate -n sol10_u9 -c -S -R / -x /flash /flash/sol10serv75.flar
Full Flash
Checking integrity...
Integrity OK.
Running precreation scripts...
Precreation scripts done.
Creating the archive...
cpio: File size of "var/adm/sulog" has increased by 66
cpio: Error with fstatat() of "etc/devices/snapshot_cache", errno 2, No such file or directory
52601901 blocks
2 error(s)
Archive creation complete.
Running postcreation scripts...
Postcreation scripts done.
 
Running pre-exit scripts...
Pre-exit scripts done.
You have new mail in /var/mail//root

the use the flar info

Code:
bash-3.00# flar info /flash/sol10serv75.flar
archive_id=f39f02dda1f30868701c2ff1122ad263
files_archived_method=cpio
creation_date=20180510085401
creation_master=nikira-db
content_name=sol10_u9
creation_node=nikira-db
creation_hardware_class=sun4v
creation_platform=sun4v
creation_processor=sparc
creation_release=5.10
creation_os_name=SunOS
creation_os_version=Generic_142909-17
files_compressed_method=compress
content_architectures=sun4v
type=FULL
You have new mail in /var/mail//root
bash-3.00#

but I am not sure about rthe integrity of the archive
# 9  
Old 05-10-2018
Why are you unsure about the integrity of the flash archive? What makes you think that there may be a problem?

If you really want to test, take a copy of the archive and then try and split it. If it will split without error then it is good.

See this thread and my post#22:

How to backup (create image) SunOS 5.10 sparc?
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