hi, on my sol9 box i create my backup using the below command:
/usr/sbin/ufsdump 0uf /dev/rmt/0n /u1
/usr/sbin/ufsdump 0uf /dev/rmt/0n /u2
/usr/sbin/ufsdump 0uf /dev/rmt/0n /u3
/usr/sbin/ufsdump 0uf /dev/rmt/0n /u4
now on the new sol10 box, to restore i use this commands:
cd /u1
/usr/sbin/ufsrestore rfsvy /dev/rmt/0 1
rm /u1/restoresymtable
cd /u2
/usr/sbin/ufsrestore rfsvy /dev/rmt/0 2
rm /u2/restoresymtable
cd /u3
/usr/sbin/ufsrestore rfsvy /dev/rmt/0 3
rm /u3/restoresymtable
cd /u4
/usr/sbin/ufsrestore rfsvy /dev/rmt/0 4
rm /u4/restoresymtable
the reason i do the above restore commands like that is because i don't have enough space plus ufsrestore only does a relative restore therefore i want it to change to the actual destination directory before restoring.
the directories have different sizes:
/u1 - 35GB
/u2 - 48GB
/u3 - 97GB
/u4 - 150GB
/u1 contains the Oracle binary executables (and maybe some other Oracle related files) while the other directories contain data.
my concern is, why is /u1 taking so long to restore? in fact, /u4 restored in less than 30 minutes while /u1 is taking far longer than that! am i using the wrong restore options that is causing this?