hello everybody...
i need some help ...
so... i need to do some backups from one solaris system and i dont know whitch is the best solution....to use tar or ufsdump...?
...and .... how can i restore files from tape if on the tape i have 2 sessions....how can i access second session....?
enough for now....
thanks for understanding and for help.....
ill assume youre using solaris, so ill leave this thread here. please dont double post.
have a look at this:
# man mt
# man ufsrestore
both, tar and ufsdump, are nice tools for backup, when i have a tape i would prefer tar, if not ufsdump. ufsdump has a nice interactive mode using:
# ufsrestore -if /backup/dumpfile
greetings Pre�y
I like using Tar myself.
Don't do what many people I have seen do. When creating a backup MARK IT CLEARLY! put what format/date the tape was created on.
Until you've had a huge pile of un marked tapes dumped on you to see what is on them you don't realise how much time it will save if you label them correctly! 
personally i use ufsdump.
but if you like to use tar you may want to look at pax as an alternative.
generally on a default system you woudl use one of the following to do backups:
ufsdump
pax
tar
cpio