PRIMECLUSTER Global File Services Configuration and Administration Guide 4.1 (Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System)

13.1 Type of Backing-up and Restoring

The following describes the backing-up and restoring of the GFS Shared File System using.

• Backing-up and restoring file by file
  • General-purpose backing-up tools not dependent on the file system structure (NetWorker, ArcServe/OPEN, etc.)
  • Standard Solaris OS commands cpio(1) and tar(1)
• Backing-up and restoring entire file system
  • Standard Solaris OS commands dd(1M)

Commands that depend on the file system structure, such as UFS ufsdump(1M) and VxFS vxdump(1M), cannot be used to backup a GFS Shared File System.

The following describes the backing-up and restoring data of the GFS Shared File System in this Chapter.

• Backing-up and restoring data using Standard Solaris OS commands cpio(1), tar(1) and dd(1M).