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vxconfigbackup - back up disk group configuration
/etc/vx/bin/vxconfigbackup
[-l directory]
[[dgname ...] | [dgid ...]]
The vxconfigbackup utility can be used to backup up the configuration
information for one or more disk groups.
The disk groups may be specified either by name or by identifier (ID).
If no disk groups are specified, all disk group configurations
are backed up.
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-l directory
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Specifies a directory other than the default where the backup configuration
files are to be written.
Note: The default backup directory is /etc/vx/cbr/bk.
Back up the configuration of the mydg disk group to the directory
/dgbackup/mydg:
vxconfigbackup -l /dgbackup/mydg mydg
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/etc/vx/cbr/bk/dgname.dgid/dgid.dginfo
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Default location of backup file for disk group information.
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/etc/vx/cbr/bk/dgname.dgid/dgid.diskinfo
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Default location of backup file for disk attributes.
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/etc/vx/cbr/bk/dgname.dgid/dgid.binconfig
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Default location of backup file for binary configuration copy.
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/etc/vx/cbr/bk/dgname.dgid/dgid.cfgrec
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Default location of backup file for
configuration records in vxprint -m format.
The vxconfigbackupd daemon
automatically backs up a disk group's new configuration to
the default backup directory whenever the configuration is changed.
The vxconfigbackup command is provided to back up the configuration manually
at any other desired time.
The disk group configuration backup and restore utilities do not save any
data in the public region. This includes file system or other
application data that is configured within Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) objects.
vxconfigbackupd(1M),
vxconfigrestore(1M)
Last updated: 28 Jul 2003
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