Chapter 8. System Backups and Restores

Terms You Need to Understand

  • Full backup

  • Incremental backup

  • Cumulative backups

  • UFS snapshots

Concepts You Need to Master

  • Using the mt command

  • Using the ufsdump and ufsrestore commands

  • Backing up and restoring file systems, directories, and files

  • Using the fssnap command

  • Recovering the root or /usr file system

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