ufsdump on Standard Files

[Michael42]

ufsdump seems to be geared toward backing up entire file systems. Is it possible to just backup a subset of data (/export/home) rather than an entire file system?

Could you give an example of backing up say /export/home on a server named srv1?

Thanks for your help, Michael

 

[jamisar]

man ufs[dump|restore] answers you
------------ jamisar
Einfachheit ist das Resultat der Reife. (Friedrich Schiller)
Simplicity is the fruit of maturity.

 

[ady2k]

example :
# ufsdump 9ucf /dev/rmt/0 /export/home

 

[Michael42]

Ady2k,

Thanks for your example. I can read man pages like the best of them but examples go MUCH further.

It seems to be a trend in repsonses here to, "go read the man pages". I think I read them a dozen times BEFORE posting here. (OK that was a gripe ... sorry).

Thanks again Ady2k. That was very helpful!

Michael

 

[jamisar]

please, don't missuse this forum, thanks.

line 314 (man ufsdump(1M) SunOs 5.6)

example# ufsdump 0cfu /dev/rmt/1 /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s6 ------------ jamisar
Einfachheit ist das Resultat der Reife. (Friedrich Schiller)
Simplicity is the fruit of maturity.

 

[Guest_imported]

..stands fro Unix File System Dump.
You cannot dump /export/home if it is not a FS but a subdir.

Hope it helps,
Jeremy

 

[Michael42]

Can someone give me an example of using ufsdump to backup a directory to a file instead of to a tape.

The man page suggests it can do this but not sure of the syntax.


Thanks again, Michael

 

[jad]

example# ufsdump 0cfu /tmp/largefile /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0s6