The backupConfig command is a simple utility to back up the configuration of your node to a file.
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sptcfgBy default, all servers on the node stop before the backup is made so that partially synchronized information is not saved. For more information about where to run this command, see Using command line tools. If you do not have root authority, you must specify a path for the backup file in a location where you have write permission. The backup file will be in zip format and a .zip extension is recommended.
In a UNIX or Linux environment, the backupConfig command does not save file permissions or ownership information. The restoreConfig command uses the current umask and effective user ID (EUID) to set the permissions and ownership when restoring a file. If it is required that the restored files have the original permissions and ownership, use the tar command (available on all UNIX or Linux systems) to back up and restore the configuration.
The backupConfig command
does not save authorities that were granted to the configuration directory
structure of the profile. The restoreConfig command
sets the owner of the directory structure and its contents to QEJBSVR and
restores private authorities to the QTMHHTTP and QNOTES user
profiles (if they exist). It does not restore any other private authorities
that were granted.
Issue the command from the profile_root/bin directory.
The command syntax is as follows:
backupConfig backup_file [options]
where backup_file specifies
the file to which the backup is written. If you do not specify one,
a unique name is generated. The QEJBSVR user
profile must have *WX authority to the directory path specified in backup_file.
If no path is specified, the QEJBSVR user profile must have *WX authority
to the current working directory.
The following options are available for the backupConfig command:
By default, the log file is named backupConfig.log and is created in the logs directory.
The -profileName option is not required for running in a single-profile environment. The default for this option is the default profile.
The following example creates a new file that includes the current date:
backupConfig WebSphereConfig_2005-04-22.zip
backupConfig /home/mydir/myprofileBackup.zip -profileName myprofile
The following example creates a file called myBackup.zip and does not stop any servers before beginning the backup process:
backupConfig myBackup.zip -nostop