Specifications

vi 35-70GbyteSPARCstorageDLT7000 Tape DriveManual—February1997
SoftwareCommands
Brief descriptions of some software commands commonly used with tape
drives are in the following table. Refer to the Solaris 2.x Handbook for SMCC
Peripherals, man pages or the AnswerBook™ online documentation for more
information.
For information on:
• Shutting down the system
• Booting the system
• Configuring devices
• Other basic software procedures
See one or more of the following:
• Solaris 2.x Handbook for SMCC Peripherals for Solaris™ 2.x software
commands.
• AnswerBook online documentation for the complete set of documentation
supporting the Solaris 2.x software environment.
• Other software documentation that you received with your system.
Table 1
Command Description
ufsdump Creates incremental or full backups
ufsrestore Retrieves data backed up using ufsdump
tar Creates tape archives and adds or extracts files
mt Sends commands to magnetic tape devices
st Acts as a device driver and interface to SCSI tape devices
tapetool OpenWindows™ tool that reads files from tape or archives files to
tape
cpio Copies file archives in and out