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1. Solaris
Hello, i have a solaris 11 sparc64 and Im trying to do a backup to tape. This is the display:
# ufsdump 0uf /dev/rmt/0cbn /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s2
DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: February 27, 2013 01:58:23 PM CET
DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
DUMP: Dumping /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0s2 to... (2 Replies)
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2. Solaris
Experts,
Before patching am advised to take backup :
so am going with:
ufsdump -0uf /dev/rmt0 / ---> to take the whole / bkp to tape.
some servers have /var in diff slice, In this case whether i need to take backup of /var also in tape?
ufsdump -ouf /dev/rmt0 /var ---> to take... (3 Replies)
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3. Solaris
I have a SunOS 5.8 Generic_108528-29 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-i2, i have 2 scsi disk, the first with the S.O. and the second free.
I read many in the forum about this: with single user, miniroot, dd, flarcreate, ufsdump and ufsrestore.
Which is the best metod?
If i clone the disk with... (6 Replies)
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Hi,
I have 5 soraris boxes and i am trying to backup all to SAN.Which backup is more suitable tar or ufsdump? Also pls mention what are the important folders i need to back up.
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5. Solaris
Hello,
I'm still learning unix and I have what is probably a simple question but I can't seem to find the question to. I have an Ultra 10 Sparc Server running solaris 8 and the drive may have crashed (I hope not). Currently, it appears some files in the /etc folder are missing. I have a backup... (1 Reply)
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I ran this dump (as root) and got the following.............
# ufsdump 0f /dev/rmt/0n /
DUMP: Writing 32 Kilobyte records
DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Tue 11 Dec 2007 06:07:35 AM PST
DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
DUMP: Dumping /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s0 (gambler:/) to... (1 Reply)
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7. Solaris
Hi,
I want to how to take backup of File system From Disk to Disk using ufsdump?
Wheather we can take the backup of root file system from one disk to another if tape drive is not available? wheather it is reliable to restore root file system? (2 Replies)
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8. Solaris
I want to clone a disk, i have not done this yet, i think dd and ufsdump | ufsrestore are the most common two options i see documented on the internet.
Which one is better? pro's & kons?
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hi
i would like to backup my OS
what is the exact command to do?
beside backup to tapes can i back up to a directory in another server?
will the command be the same?
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I want to try using Ufsdump for backups .
The man pages state that the file systems should be inactive or be in the unmounted state .
But for that system should be in single User mode.
My query is that can we perform Ufsdump in run-level 3 ?
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