IBM eServer Certification Study Guide - pSeries AIX System Administration

8.2. Backing up user information

To backup user information, you can use one of the following commands:

savevg	Finds and backs up all files belonging to a specified volume group.
tar	Manipulates archives by writing files to, or retrieving files from, an archive storage medium.
cpio	Copies files into and out of archive storage and directories.
backup	Creates copies of your files on a backup medium.

8.2.1. Backing up a single volume group

The savevg command finds and backs up all files belonging to a specified volume group. A volume group must be varied on, and the file systems must be mounted. The savevg command uses the data file created by the mkvgdata command.

To back up the uservg volume group and create a new uservg.data file, do the following: ...