Inside Solaris™ 9

Solaris Backup and Restoration Utilities

Solaris provides the utilities listed in Table 20.2. The backup utilities can be used to copy data from disk to removable media and to restore it.

Table 20.2. Backup Utilities

Utility	Description
tar	Archives data to another directory, system, or medium.
dd	Copies data quickly.
cpio	Copies data from one location to another.
pax	Copies files and directory subtrees to a single tape. This utility provides better portability than tar or cpio, so it can be used to transport files to other types of UNIX systems.
ufsdump	Backs up all files in a file system.
ufsrestore	Restores some or all of the files archived with the ufsdump command.

tar

The primary use of the tar (tape archiver) command ...