Mount each disk on the tape server and use the vdump command for each mount point. The vrestore command can then be used to restore information. However, with this method you will lose some AdvFS extended file attributes because NFS does not recognize them. For example, if you have a striped file, it will be restored to a single volume. As you modify the data in your original files, AdvFS saves the data that existed in the original, page by page, into the clone.
Cloning is transparent to the user.
Clone filesets are built quickly and have little impact on system performance. After mounting the clone fileset, you can backup the clone fileset with any supported backup tool. Because the clone is a picture of the fileset at a particular time, it is not affected by current system activity. You can back up the clone whenever it is convenient. Note You can create a clone fileset for any AdvFS fileset including root.