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savemeta(8)
NAME
  savemeta - Take a snapshot of an AdvFS domain's metadata

SYNOPSIS
  /sbin/advfs/savemeta [-LSTtf] domain savedir

OPTIONS
  -L  Do not save the domain's log file to the savedir.	 If this option is
      not specified, the default is to write the log file to the savedir.

  -S  Do not save each volume's storage bitmap (SBM) to the savedir.  If this
      option is not specified, the default is to write each volume's SBM to
      the savedir.

  -T  Do not save the domain's root tag file to the savedir.  If this option
      is not specified, the default is to write the root tag file to the
      savedir.

  -t  Do not save the fileset tag files to the savedir. If this option is not
      specified, the default is to write the fileset tag files to the
      savedir.

  -f  Save the structure information from the frag file structure in each
      fileset to the the savedir. If this option is not specified, the
      default is to not write any frag file structures to the savedir.

OPERANDS
  domain
      The name of the AdvFS file domain from which you want to obtain the
      metadata.

  savedir
      The name of a directory into which the saved medadata is to be written.

DESCRIPTION
  This script saves a snapshot of the specified domain metadata into a
  directory, savedir, that has the following structure:

	       /savedir/volume_directory/BMT_file
		       /volume_directory/BMT_file
		       /log_file
		       /tag_file
		       /fileset_directory/frag_file
					 /tag_file

  By default, the savemeta command saves all the BMT, all the SBM, the log
  and root tag files, and the fileset tag files. If you specify the -f
  option, the command saves the frag file information for each fileset.







RESTRICTIONS
  You must be the root user to use this command.

EXIT STATUS
  This command returns a 0 (zero) on success.  Otherwise, it returns a 1 and
  displays an error diagnostic.

FILES
  /sbin/advfs/savemeta
      The command path.

SEE ALSO
  Commands: nvbmtpg(8), nvfragpg(8), nvlogpg(8), nvtagpg(8), vsbmpg(8)

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