Restoring a VCX Configuration 75The optional arguments include:■ --help — Displays information on command usage.■ --fullauto — Displays complete information about the backupfile (version, operating system version, components, and so on).■ --version — Displays the version of VCX software for thecomponents contained in the backup file.■ --osversion — Displays the version of the VCX operating systemcontained in the backup file.■ --components — Lists the name of each component, and VCXversion 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 inthe backup file.■ --network — Displays the VCX operating system networkconfiguration contained in the backup file.■ --machineid — Displays the machine id of the backed up systemcontained in the backup file.For <backup-filename>, enter the name of the backup file you want toexamine. See About the Backup File for a description of backupfilenames.Restoring a VCXConfigurationThis section describes how to use the vcx-config-restore command torestore a VCX configuration backup file.When you run the vcx-config-restore command, by default, therestore operation first creates a new backup of the VCX system's currentstate. This provides a fallback if the restore operation fails. In this case,the system generates a message indicating the new backup has beencreated but the system does not attempt to restore the new backup. Thenew backup is created in the /opt/3com/VCX/backup/prerestore directory:You can prevent the restore operation from creating the new backup byusing the vcx-config-restore command with the --nobackup option.The restore operation replaces the existing configuration with theconfiguration data in the backup file. This means the restore operationmay also remove existing configuration data. As noted in Backing Up a
