HP-UX 11i v3 Installation and Update Guide, September 2009 (Update 5 Release)

Recovering customized and personal files
Recover all the customized and personal files that you saved previously by merging
them manually. For example, do not overwrite /etc/passwd with your old version.
Instead, either paste in entries from your old files or merge the old information into the
new files.
Restoring /home
If you had a local home directory, you can restore it as follows:
• For instance, if you copied it to /backup/system1/home, enter these commands:
cd /backup/system1/home
find . -depth | cpio -pdm /system1/home
• If you backed it up to tape with fbackup, enter:
frecover -x -i /system1/home -v
Restoring other files
Carefully use the same techniques to restore other files and directories, such as /usr,
/local, and /opt.
For help in importing entire volume groups, refer to the HP-UX System Administrator's
Guide: Logical Volume Management (http://www.docs.hp.com/en/
oshpux11iv3.html#System%20Administration).
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