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Solaris 10 system backup
I have finished installing the OS, the cluster patch, mirrored root and sliced the other drives.
I am getting ready to setup our tape drive.
I would like to backup the system but don't know if I should do the whole disk or just parts of it.
What file system would I need to restore the system for DR?
How often should this backup be done?
Thanks
I am getting ready to setup our tape drive.
I would like to backup the system but don't know if I should do the whole disk or just parts of it.
What file system would I need to restore the system for DR?
How often should this backup be done?
Thanks
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Your best bet is to do a flar backup. You can specify the boot partitions, and then ufsdump any special partitions. You can dump the whole thing with a flar backup to a NFS drive. The nice thing about the flar backups is you can restore it to another server that is different in platform that the original server.
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I don't know what flar is.
As far as the tape drive. I have a new one I am setting up adn 400/600 gig.
So basically backup the whole disk and if changes are made repeat the process.
I know how to use tar, I don't know much about ufsdump.
thanks
As far as the tape drive. I have a new one I am setting up adn 400/600 gig.
So basically backup the whole disk and if changes are made repeat the process.
I know how to use tar, I don't know much about ufsdump.
thanks
Think of a flar backup as a bootable backup image. It is very useful where you want to recover a system quickly on the same hardware.
ufsdumps are more suitable for general backups of your data. You specify filesystems to backup, eg:
ufsdump -0uf /dev/rmt/0 /usr
ufsdumps are more suitable for general backups of your data. You specify filesystems to backup, eg:
ufsdump -0uf /dev/rmt/0 /usr
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Can I do a flar backup to a tape drive? If so, how is that done?
Thanks
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