Solaris 10 - Backup using fssnap & ufsdump & ufsrestore

1. Create test folder to be backup
#mkdir -p /virtual-rmt/0/
#mkdir /backingstore
#mkdir /export/home/filetobackup
#cd /export/home/filetobackup
#mkfile -nv 100k file1.test file2.test file3.test file4.test


2. Take a snapshot of the file
#fssnap -F ufs -o bs=/backingstore /filetobackup


3. Backup the file#ufsdump 0uf /virtual-rmt/0 /dev/fssnap/0

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to check the status of a snapshot:
#fssnap -i

to delete snapshot: 
#fssnap -d /dev/fssnap/0

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to restore:

#rm -rf /export/home/filetobackup
#ls
#ufsrestore rvf /virtual-rmt/0/dump0

done