Explain Backup Managment commands in Linux.

Answer Posted / rajshree

To take the backup of complete file by using tar command.
tar -cvf <destination directory> <source directory>

To take the backup of selected file by using the CPIO command
ls -d <source file> | cpio -ov > <destination file>.cpio

To take the back up remotely by using the scr command
scr -rv <source directory> <dest.sys ip>:<destination derectory>

To take full,incrimental,differential backup by using the DUMP command.
For full backup command is
dump 0uf <dest file> <source file>
For incremental backup command is
dump -2uf <dest file> <source file>...This is for 1st incrimental.
For 2nd incrimental command is
dump -3uf <dest file> <source file>
The value need to be increase depends on no of incrementals.

For the differential backup command is
dump -1uf <dest dir> <source dir>

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