volcopy_ufs(1M) System Administration Commands volcopy_ufs(1M)NAMEvolcopy_ufs - make an image copy of a ufs file system
SYNOPSIS
volcopy [ -F ufs] [generic_options] fsname srcdevice volname1 destde‐
vice 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 com‐
mand. See volcopy(1M).
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
fsname represents the mount point (for exam‐
ple, 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 │SUNWcsu │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOcpio(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 5.10 15 Apr 2003 volcopy_ufs(1M)