Introduction

Given a backup requirement, you need to be able to develop a backup strategy that includes scheduled backups, number of tapes required, naming conventions, command protocols, and backup frequency/levels.

You also need to be able to explain how to perform incremental, full, and remote backups to tape for an unmounted file system using the ufsdump command or explain how to back up a mounted file system using ufs snapshot.

Finally, you need to be able to explain how to perform ufs file system restores and special-case recoveries.

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