Chapter 44

Backing Up and Restoring Files and File Systems Topics

This topic map lists the chapters that provide information on backing up and restoring files and file systems.

Chapter 45, Backing Up and Restoring File Systems (Overview)	Provides guidelines and planning information on backing up and restoring files and file systems.
Chapter 46, Backing Up Files and File Systems (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for backing up individual files and complete file systems from local devices or remote devices.
Chapter 47, Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for creating snapshots of UFS file systems.
Chapter 48, Restoring Files and File Systems (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for restoring individual files and complete file systems.
Chapter 49, UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)	Describes how the `ufsdump` command works, and the syntax and options for the `ufsdump` and `ufsrestore` commands.
Chapter 50, Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for for using the `dd`, `pax`, `cpio`, and `tar` commands with different backup media, and for copying files with a different header format.
Chapter 51, Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)	Provides step-by-step instructions for how to add a tape device, how to determine the type of tape device and backup device names, and working with magnetic tape cartridges.