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

Administering a System: Managing Disks and Files
Backing Up Data
Chapter 6680
Ease of
selecting
files for
backup from
numerous
directories
High. Medium. Low. Not possible. Not
possible.
Back up a
snapshot file
system
Not
possible.
Possible.
y
Possible.
y
Not possible. Possible.
Backup/
restore
extent
attributes
Possible. Not possible. Not
possible.
Not possible. Possible.
a. For High Performance File Systems (HFS) only. For remote systems, use
rdump/rrestore
b. For Journaled File Systems (JFS or VxFS). For remote systems, use
rvxdump/rvxrestore
c. Use the “-f remote_system : remote_device_file ” option on fbackup
d. Use find | cpio -o | remsh host "dd of= /dev/tape obs= blocksize "
e. Use find| tar cvf - | remsh host "dd of= /dev/tape obs= blocksize "
f. Use rdump -f remote_system : remote_device_file
g. Use rvxdump -f remote_system : remote_device_file
h. Separate backups will be on one tape.
i. Separate backups will be on one tape.
j. Separate backups will be on one tape.
k. Separate backups will be on one tape.
l. Use frecover -f device_or_file -I index or frecover -rNvf
device_or_file 2> index
m.Use cpio -it < device_or_file > index
n. Use tar -tvf device_or_file > index
o. Use restore -tf device_or_file > index
p. Use vxrestore -tf device_or_file > index
q. Use restore -i -f device_or_file
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