HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Routine Management Tasks

Table 3-3 A Comparison of HP-UX Backup/Recovery Utilities (continued)
Backup UtilityTask
vxdump
vxrestore
2
dump
restore
1
tarcpiofbackup
frecover
Possible on a
single file
system only.
Possible on a
single file
system only.
Use the -u
option to add
any new or
modified files
to the end of
archive.
Use find to
locate new or
modified files.
Has a powerful
multilevel
backup.
Do an
incremental
backup
Possible (on a
restore only).
20
Possible (on a
restore only).
19
Possible. Use
the -v option.
18
Possible. Use -v
option.
17
Possible. Use
-v option.
16
List files as they
are backed up or
restored
Not possible.Not possible.Not possible.Possible. Use
find.
Not possible.Do a backup
based on selected
criteria (such as
group)
Not possible.Not possible.Possible.Possible. Use
find.
Use fbackup
-n to cross
NFS
boundaries.
Cross disk or file
system
boundaries
Relative to the
current
directory. Use
vxrestore
-r.
Relative to the
current
directory. Use
restore -r.
Not possible.Limited. Can
specify path
name on each file
with cpio -ir.
Relative to the
current
directory. Use
-X option.
Restore absolute
path names to
relative location
In interactive
mode, can
specify which
files.
In interactive
mode, can
specify which
files.
“Yes” or “no”
answer
possible using
tar -w.
Can specify path
or name on each
file with cpio
-ir.
Not possible.
21
Interactively
decide on files to
restore
Only in
interactive
mode.
Only in
interactive
mode.
Not possible.Possible.Not possible.Use wildcards
when restoring
Not possible.Not possible.Low.Medium.High.Ease of selecting
files for backup
from numerous
directories
Possible.Not possible.Possible.
22
Possible.
22
Not possible.Back up a
snapshot file
system
Possible.Not possible.Not possible.Not possible.Possible.Backup/ restore
extent attributes
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