volcopy_ufs - make an image copy of a ufs file system

[mountaing]

System Administration Commands                                 volcopy_ufs(1M)



NAME
       volcopy_ufs - make an image copy of a ufs file system

SYNOPSIS
       volcopy [-F ufs] [generic_options] fsname srcdevice volname1 destdevice volname2


DESCRIPTION
       volcopy  makes  a literal copy of the ufs file system using a blocksize
       matched to the device.

OPTIONS
       The following option is supported:

       generic_options    options supported by the generic   volcopy  command.
                          See  volcopy(1M).


OPERANDS
       The following operands are supported:

       fsname                     represents  the  mount  point  (for example,
                                  root, u1, etc.) of  the  file  system  being
                                  copied.


       srcdevice or destdevice    the  disk  partition specified using the raw
                                  device   (for   example,   /dev/rdsk/cld0s8,
                                  /dev/rdsk/cld1s8, etc.).


       srcdevice and volname1     the  device  and  physical volume from which
                                  the  copy  of  the  file  system  is   being
                                  extracted.


       destdevice and volname2    the target device and physical volume.



       fsname  and volname are limited to six or fewer characters and recorded
       in the superblock. volname may be `-' to use the existing volume name.

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned:

       0           Successful file system copy.


       non-zero    An error has occurred.


FILES
       /var/adm/filesave.log    a record of file systems/volumes copied


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:




       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |system/core-os               |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       cpio(1), dd(1M), labelit(1M), volcopy(1M), attributes(5), ufs(7FS)

NOTES
       volcopy does not support copying to tape devices. Use dd(1M) for  copy-
       ing to and from tape devices.



SunOS 5.11                        15 Apr 2003                  volcopy_ufs(1M)