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Fbackup and Frecover Commands

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Backup Commands

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To do an ENTIRE backup:
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fbackup -f /dev/rmt/0m -i / -v

tar cvf /dev/rmt/0m /

find / -print | cpio -oBv > /dev/rmt/0m

dump 0dsf 6250 999999 /dev/rmt/0mn / (must be hfs)

# fbackup -vf /dev/rmt/0m -i /var/adm/sw


--> the command above back-up /var/adm/sw to a tape.

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To store a particular directory:
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fbackup -f /dev/rmt/0m -i /tmp

find /tmp -print | cpio -oBv > /dev/rmt/0m


find /etc | cpio -ov > /dev/rmt/0m

tar cv /tmp ( for default device )


tar cvf /dev/rmt/1m /tmp (specify device)

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To recover a particular directory:
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frecover -vx -i /tmp -f /dev/rmt/0m


tar xvf /dev/rmt/0m /tmp

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To see what's actually on the tape without restoring or extracting:
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frecover -rNv -f /dev/rmt/0m


frecover -Nrosv -f /dev/rmt/0m > your_filename 2>&1
cpio -it < /dev/rmt/0m
tar tvf /dev/rmt/0m

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To recover a particular FILE:
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frecover -x -i /path/filename -f /dev/rmt/0m


tar xvf /dev/rmt/1m /path/filename (will only recover full path)

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To see if a particular file is on the tape ( must know path )
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frecover -xNv -i /tmp/update.log -f /dev/rmt/0m


cpio -it < /dev/rmt/0m

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REMOTE BACKUPS
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fbackup -f remote_system_name:/dev/rmt/0m -i file_name -v


example: fbackup -f square:/dev/rmt/0m -i /var/spool/lp/ -v

To extract a cpio archive from a remote tape device:

remsh square "dd if=/dev/rmt/0m bs=8k" | cpio -icvBdum

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restore files with absolute path to another directory
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cd /dir (where you want to restore file with path)


frecover -Xx -i /dir/file -f /dev/rmt/0m

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restore files without leading directories
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cd /dir (where you want to restore file)
frcover -Fx -i /dir/file -f /dev/rmt/0m

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How to copy a large file from one filesystem to another
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cd /dir (cd to directory where you want to restore)


fbackup -i /path/dir -f - | frecover -Fx -i /path/dir -f -

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