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backup script

i want to have a backup script which takes a full backup as well as an incremental backup of a system on a tape drive. It should have an error detection as well i.e if the system does not find any tape in a drive for example it should prompt for it.
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My suggestion is to use UFSDUMP for your backup script.  I wrote one a while ago that uses UFSDUMP but it doesn't have all the functions you want.  Something to remember for your backups: if you are doing backups and you suddenly need to restore your filesystem (say you really messed up root), the Solaris bootable CDROM only has UFSRESTORE (so you would be smart to use UFSDUMP).  People who use Veritas Backup discover this the hardway sometimes...they think they have this great software package until your root drive dies.  Then restores turn into rebuilds because the backup software requires a license key (which is sometimes tied into your unique system ID number/Ethernet MAC number)

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Have a look at the backup_unix.sh script, it is a good one.
use ufsdump. just download it and modify it:

http://www.omnimodo.com/my_scripts/
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I recommend using rdiff-backup
http://rdiff-backup.stanford.edu/
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