Hi,

Jumpstart is free, and is more like the AIX nim. ufsdump/restore are ok tools,
but they don't make a bootable image. The angian, if your happy with 'boot net
-s' or 'boot cdrom -s' mount the nsf fs the ufsdump is on and then restoreing 
maulally, you'll probably be ok using usfdump.  If you want to do these things 
automatically with one command, you'll probably need a very customized 
junpstart (not entierly impossible, if you have the time), or a third party 
non-free (as in beer ;) tool.
> SUN's equivalent to AIX's 'mksysb' is:  ufsdump (backup OS) and ufsrestore
> SUN's equivalent to AIX's 'mksysb' is:  ufsdump (backup OS) and ufsrestore
> (restore filesystems).  Sorry, I don't have sample scripts, however, you can
> go to SUN's website, www.sun.com, and do a search of ufsdump to get the
> online command reference.
>
> PS. It's free.
>
> Jack
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Wouter V
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 4:18 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Backup of Sun OS
>
> MessageThere is a separate product that has the same functionality as mksysb
> on AIX, it is called 'JUMPSTART'.Contrary to mksysb, it is not a free
> product.  I think you can by it at Sun.
>
> Regards,
> Wouter Verschaeve
> Unix Sys. Engineer
>   -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>   Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]Namens
> MacMurray, Andrea (CC-ETS Ent Storage Svcs)
>   Verzonden: vrijdag 25 januari 2002 20:59
>   Aan: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>   Onderwerp: Backup of Sun OS
>
>
>   HI everybody,
>
>   The first thing I have to say to this is that I am NOT a UNIX guru, so I
> greatly would appreciate all the help I can get. The problem is that our
> Unix team wants to backup a running Sun OS and then later on restore this
> backed up OS backup and boot the machine from there, which of course did not
> work. I know AIX has the make sysb solution for this, does anybody know of a
> solution for SUN.
>   TSM version 4.2.1.9 on AIX 4.3.3
>   Thanks
>   Andrea Mac Murray
>   Sen. Systems Administrator
>   ConAgra Foods, Inc.
>   7300 World Communication Drive
>   Omaha,NE 68122
>   Tel: (402) 577-3603
>   andrea.macmurray AT conagrafoods DOT com

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