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The optional arguments include:
■--help — Displays information on command usage.
■--fullauto — Displays complete information about the backup
file (version, operating system version, components, and so on).
■--version — Displays the version of VCX software for the
components contained in the backup file.
■--osversion — Displays the version of the VCX operating system
contained in the backup file.
■--components — Lists the name of each component, and VCX
version for each component, contained in the backup file.
■--date — Displays the date and time the backup file was created.
■--files — Lists the configuration files and directories contained in
the backup file.
■--network — Displays the VCX operating system network
configuration contained in the backup file.
■--machineid — Displays the machine id of the backed up system
contained in the backup file.
For <backup-filename>, enter the name of the backup file you want to
examine. See About the Backup File for a description of backup
filenames.
Restoring a VCX Configuration
This section describes how to use the vcx-config-restore command to
restore a VCX configuration backup file.
When you run the vcx-config-restore command, by default, the
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 command with the --nobackup option.
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 Backing Up a