For UNIX-based host systems, you can use a variety of methods for
copying or moving data from one disk drive to another.
The UNIX-based
host sees the storage unit as one or more generic DDMs. You can use the following
methods to migrate data to the storage unit from open-system hosts that are
running UNIX:
- Volume management methods
- Direct copy method
- Backup and restore methods
- Dump and restore commands as well as other commands for example the tar command