PRIMECLUSTER Global File Services Configuration and Administration Guide 4.1 (Linux)

4.3 Backup Design

Backing-up and restoring of the GFS Shared File System for each file system are performed with the following methods:

• Backing-up and restoring by file system with dd(1)
• Backing-up and restoring by file with tar(1) or cpio(1)

For more information about restoring backups in the GFS Shared File System, see "File System Backing-up and Restoring."