Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Administering a System: Managing Disks and Files
Backing Up Data
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List files as
they are
backed up or
restored
Possible.
Use -v
option.
s
Possible. Use
-v option.
t
Possible.
Use the -v
option.
u
Possible (on
a restore
only).
v
Possible (on
a restore
only).
w
Do a backup
based on
selected
criteria
(such as
group)
Not
possible.
Possible. Use
find.
Not
possible.
Not possible. Not
possible.
Cross disk or
file system
boundaries
Use
fbackup -n
to cross
NFS
boundaries.
Possible. Use
find.
Possible. Not possible. Not
possible.
Restore
absolute
path names
to relative
location
Relative to
the current
directory.
Use -X
option.
Limited. Can
specify path
name on
each file with
cpio -ir.
Not
possible.
Relative to
the current
directory.
Userestore
-r.
Relative to
the current
directory.
Use
vxrestore
-r.
Interactively
decide on
files to
restore
Not
possible.
x
Can specify
path or name
on each file
with cpio
-ir.
“Yes” or
“no”
answer
possible
using tar
-w.
In
interactive
mode, can
specify
which files.
In
interactive
mode, can
specify
which files.
Use
wildcards
when
restoring
Not
possible.
Possible. Not
possible.
Only in
interactive
mode.
Only in
interactive
mode.
Table 6-12 A Comparison of HP-UX Backup/Recovery Utilities (Continued)
Task
Backup Utility
fbackup
frecover cpio tar
dump
restore
a
vxdump
vxrestore
b