document updated 13 years ago, on Jun 1, 2011
Oracle documentation
third-party documentation
scripts that try to automate the placing of multiple partitions on one tape, using ufsdump
Unix tape backup generally, not Solaris-specific
Use of dump/restore outside of Solaris
Solaris device names
If your drive is located at /dev/rmt/0, it can be accessed using many different names, each with slightly different behavior:
| density →
| autoselect
| compressed
| high
| medium
| low
| ultra
|
|---|
|
| 0 0n
0b 0bn
| 0c 0cb
0cbn 0cn
| 0h 0hb
0hbn 0hbn
| 0m 0mb
0mbn 0mn
| 0l 0lb
0lbn 0ln
| 0u 0ub
0ubn 0un
|
|---|
Without n = rewind after each operation. With n = no rewind.
Without b = SysV semantics. With b = BSD semantics.