Backing up and restoring files and files systems can be useful
for tasks, such as saving IBM® i to
physical tape or saving a file-backed device.
The
following commands are used to back up and restore files and files systems.
Table 1. Backup and restore commands and their descriptions| Command |
Description |
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| backup |
Backs up files and file systems to media, such as physical
tape and disk. For example:- You can back up all the files and subdirectories in a directory using
full path names or relative path names.
- You can back up the root file system.
- You can back up all the files in the root file system that have been modified
since the last backup.
- You can back up virtual optical media files from the virtual media repository.
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| restore |
Reads archives created by the backup command
and extracts the files stored there. For example:- You can restore a specific file into the current directory.
- You can restore a specific file from tape into the virtual media repository.
- You can restore a specific directory and the contents of that directory
from a file name archive or a file system archive.
- You can restore an entire file system.
- You can restore only the permissions or only the ACL attributes of the
files from the archive.
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