Examples of the dump command

Level-0 backups to a local tape drive

Examples of level-0 backups

This section provides examples of the following kinds of level-0 backups:

A full backup
A full backup with a record
A full backup minus qtrees

Full backup

The following command performs a full backup of the /vol/vol1/users/tom/specs directory. After the dump command is finished, the tape drive rewinds the tape.

dump 0f rst0a /vol/vol1/users/tom/specs

The elements of this command line are described in the following table.

Element	Meaning
`0`	Do a full backup.
`f`	A tape device is supplied in the command line.
`rst0a`	The tape drive rewinds.
`/vol/vol1/users/tom/specs`	This is the directory to be backed up.

Full backup with a record

The following command performs a full backup of the /vol/vol1/users/tom directory and records the backup in the /etc/dumpdates file. The tape drive rewinds the tape.

dump 0uf rst0a /vol/vol1/users/tom

The elements of this command line are described in the following table.

Element	Meaning
`0`	Do a full backup.
`u`	Record the backup in the /etc/dumpdates file.
`f`	A tape device is supplied in the command line.
`rst0a`	The tape drive rewinds.
`/vol/vol1/users/tom`	This is the directory to be backed up.

Full backup minus qtrees

The following command performs a full backup of all non-qtree data in the /vol/vol1 volume. The tape drive rewinds the tape.

dump 0fQ rst0a /vol/vol1

The elements of this command line are described in the following table.

Element	Meaning
`0`	Do a full backup.
`f`	A tape device is supplied in the command line.
`Q`	Do not back up data that is in a qtree.
`rst0a`	The tape drive rewinds.
`/vol/vol1`	This is the volume to be backed up.