Getting Started - Solaris File System Backup

what gets backed up what does not get backed up

File Systems

Unix File System (UFS)

VERITAS File System (VxFS)

VERITAS Cluster File System (VxCFS)

Zettabyte File System (ZFS)

Extended attributes in the VxFS, UFS, and ZFS file systems

In a zone environment, Loopback File System (LOFS) is backed up by default. If you do not want to backup LOFS file system, you can exclude it by Configuring Filters For Backups.

Volume Managers

Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) 5.0 or higher

Solaris Volume Manager (SVM)

By default, the following file systems are automatically skipped during backups:

  • nfs
  • hsfs
  • autofs
  • mvfs
  • lofs
  • tmpfs
  • proc
  • ctfs

File System Elements

Files with holes

Files with Advisory Locks

Raw device files

Symbolic links that are browsed or manually added to the data contents

Files with names containing non-ASCII characters as long as the appropriate locales are set

Shares with Macintosh File System data

 Files with mandatory locks - these files are not backed up by default. See Configuring Backups For Locked Files to backup files with mandatory locks.

Files for which the file path or file name contains more than 1024 characters

Perform a Backup

Once the storage policy is configured, you are ready to perform your first backup.

 The following section provides step-by-step instructions for performing your first backup:

1.
  • From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers | <Client> | File System | defaultBackupSet.
  • Right-click the default subclient and click Backup.
2.
  • Click Full as backup type and then click Immediate.
  • Click OK.
3. You can track the progress of the job from the Job Controller window of the CommCell console.
4. Once the job is complete, view the job details from the Backup History. Right-click the Subclient and select Backup History.
5. Click OK.
6. You can view the following details about the job by right-clicking the job:
  • Items that failed during the job
  • Items that succeeded during the job
  • Details of the job
  • Events of the job
  • Log files of the job
  • Media associated with the job