Primeiro verificamos a quantidade de fitas necessárias para o backup.
O valor retornado é em bytes

# ufsdump S /export/home
489472

Para backup pode utilizar uma das opções abaixo.

0 – para backup full
9 – para backup incremental
u – especifica que o /etc/dumpdates , será atualizado com a data do backup
c – para identificar um cartucho
f – para identificar o tape device

Para backup full:

# ufsdump 0ucf /dev/rmt/0 /
DUMP: Writing 63 Kilobyte records
DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Wed Sep 05 13:27:20 2001
DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
DUMP: Dumping /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s0 (earth:/) to /dev/rmt/0.
DUMP: Mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
DUMP: Mapping (Pass II) [directories]
DUMP: Estimated 57150 blocks (27.91MB).
DUMP: Dumping (Pass III) [directories]
DUMP: Dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
DUMP: Tape rewinding
DUMP: 57076 blocks (27.87MB) on 1 volume at 265 KB/sec
DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
DUMP: Level 0 dump on Wed Sep 05 13:27:20 2001

Para backup incremental:

# ufsdump 9ucf /dev/rmt/0 /
DUMP: Writing 63 Kilobyte records
DUMP: Date of this level 9 dump: Fri Jul 13 10:58:12 2001
DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: Fri Jul 13 10:46:09 2001
DUMP: Dumping /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 (starbug:/) to /dev/rmt/0.
DUMP: Mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
DUMP: Mapping (Pass II) [directories]
DUMP: Mapping (Pass II) [directories]
DUMP: Mapping (Pass II) [directories]
DUMP: Mapping (Pass II) [directories]
DUMP: Estimated 200 blocks (100KB).
DUMP: Dumping (Pass III) [directories]
DUMP: Dumping (Pass IV) [regular files]
DUMP: Tape rewinding
DUMP: 124 blocks (62KB) on 1 volume at 8 KB/sec
DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
DUMP: Level 9 dump on Fri Jul 13 10:58:12 2001

Para checar se um backup foi concluído com sucesso:

# ufsrestore tf /dev/rmt/0
2 .
3 ./lost+found
5696 ./usr
11392 ./var
17088 ./export
22784 ./export/home
28480 ./opt
5697 ./etc
11393 ./etc/default
11394 ./etc/default/sys-suspend
11429 ./etc/default/cron
11430 ./etc/default/devfsadm
11431 ./etc/default/dhcpagent
11432 ./etc/default/fs
11433 ./etc/default/inetinit
11434 ./etc/default/kbd
11435 ./etc/default/nfslogd
11436 ./etc/default/passwd
11437 ./etc/default/tar
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# (Press Control-d to bring system to run level 3)

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