System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

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  Preface

  1.  Solaris Management Tools (Roadmap)

  2.  Working With the Solaris Management Console (Tasks)

  3.  Managing Users and Groups Topics

  4.  Managing User Accounts and Groups (Overview)

  5.  Managing User Accounts and Groups (Tasks)

  6.  Managing Server and Client Support Topics

  7.  Managing Server and Client Support (Overview)

  8.  Managing Diskless Clients (Tasks)

  9.  Shutting Down and Booting a System Topics

  10.  Shutting Down and Booting a System (Overview)

  11.  Run Levels and Boot Files (Tasks)

  12.  Shutting Down a System (Tasks)

  13.  SPARC: Booting a System (Tasks)

  14.  IA: Booting a System (Tasks)

  15.  The Boot Process (Reference)

  16.  Managing Removable Media Topics

  17.  Managing Removable Media (Overview)

  18.  Accessing Removable Media (Tasks)

  19.  Formatting Removable Media (Tasks)

  20.  Writing CDs (Tasks)

  21.  Managing Software Topics

  22.  Managing Software (Overview)

  23.  Managing Software (Tasks)

  24.  Managing Solaris Patches (Tasks)

  25.  Managing Devices Topics

  26.  Managing Devices (Tasks)

  27.  Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)

  28.  Using USB Devices (Overview/Tasks)

  29.  Accessing Devices (Overview)

  30.  Managing Disks Topics

  31.  Managing Disks (Overview)

  32.  Administering Disks (Tasks)

  33.  SPARC: Adding a Disk (Tasks)

  34.  IA: Adding a Disk (Tasks)

  35.  The format Utility (Reference)

  36.  Managing File Systems Topics

  37.  Managing File Systems (Overview)

  38.  Creating File Systems (Tasks)

  39.  Mounting and Unmounting File Systems (Tasks)

  40.  Using The CacheFS File System (Tasks)

  41.  Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)

  42.  Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)

  43.  UFS File System (Reference)

  44.  Backing Up and Restoring Files and File Systems Topics

  45.  Backing Up and Restoring File Systems (Overview)

What's New in Backing Up and Restoring File Systems?

UFS Snapshots

Where to Find Backup and Restore Tasks

Definition: Backing Up and Restoring File Systems

Why You Should Back Up File Systems

Planning Which File Systems to Back Up

Choosing the Type of Backup

Choosing a Tape Device

High-Level View of Backing Up and Restoring File Systems (Task Map)

Guidelines for Scheduling Backups

How Often Should You Do Backups?

Using Dump Levels to Create Incremental Backups

Sample Backup Schedules

Example--Daily Cumulative, Weekly Cumulative Backups

Example--Daily Cumulative, Weekly Incremental Backups

Example--Daily Incremental, Weekly Cumulative Backups

Example--Monthly Backup Schedule for a Server

Suggestions for Scheduling Backups

  46.  Backing Up Files and File Systems (Tasks)

  47.  Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)

  48.  Restoring Files and File Systems (Tasks)

  49.  UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)

  50.  Copying UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

  51.  Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)

  Index