Restoring A Vcx Configuration - 3Com VCX V7000 Maintenance Manual

Restoring a VCX
Configuration
The optional arguments include:
— Displays information on command usage.
--help
■
— Displays complete information about the backup
--fullauto
■
file (version, operating system version, components, and so on).
— Displays the version of VCX software for the
--version
■
components contained in the backup file.
--osversion
■
contained in the backup file.
--components
■
version for each component, contained in the backup file.
— Displays the date and time the backup file was created.
--date
■
— Lists the configuration files and directories contained in
--files
■
the backup file.
— Displays the VCX operating system network
--network
■
configuration contained in the backup file.
--machineid
■
contained in the backup file.
For
<backup-filename>
examine. See About the Backup File
filenames.
This section describes how to use the
restore a VCX configuration backup file.
When you run the
vcx-config-restore
restore operation first creates a new backup of the VCX system's current
state. This provides a fallback if the restore operation fails. In this case,
the system generates a message indicating the new backup has been
created but the system does not attempt to restore the new backup. The
new backup is created in the /opt/3com/VCX/backup/prerestore directory:
You can prevent the restore operation from creating the new backup by
using the
vcx-config-restore
The restore operation replaces the existing configuration with the
configuration data in the backup file. This means the restore operation
may also remove existing configuration data. As noted in

Restoring a VCX Configuration

— Displays the version of the VCX operating system
— Lists the name of each component, and VCX
— Displays the machine id of the backed up system
, enter the name of the backup file you want to
for a description of backup
vcx-config-restore
command with the
command to
command, by default, the
--nobackup
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option.