Backing Up and Restoring File Systems (Overview)

This chapter provides guidelines and planning information for backing up and restoring file systems by using the ufsdump and ufsrestore commands.

This is a list of the overview information in this chapter.

• Where to Find Backup and Restore Tasks

• Introduction to Backing Up and Restoring File Systems

• Why You Should Back Up File Systems

• Planning Which File Systems to Back Up

• Choosing the Type of Backup

• Choosing a Tape Device

• High-Level View of Backing Up and Restoring File Systems (Task Map)

• Considerations for Scheduling Backups

• Sample Backup Schedules