Backup (bak) Commands

You can use bak commands to perform the following types of tasks:

· Define a fileset family, which is used to group related filesets together for copying to tape, with the bak addftfamily command; define specific entries in a fileset family with the bak addftentry command.

· Define a backup schedule with the bak adddump command.

· Label a backup tape with the bak labeltape command.

· List information from the Backup Database with the bak lsftfamilies, bak lsdumps, and bak lshosts commands.

· List information from a backup tape with the bak scantape command.

· Perform a backup with the bak dump command.

· Restore individual filesets to the file system with the bak restoreft command; restore the contents of an entire aggregate with the bak restoredisk command; or restore user-defined collections of filesets with the bak restoreftfamily command.