IVM bkprofdata command

Purpose

Backs up profile data. This command is operable only in an Integrated Virtualization Manager environment.

Syntax

bkprofdata -o backup [ -f BackupFile ] [ -m ManagedSystem ]

Description

The bkprofdata command performs a back up of logical partition configuration information to a file. The file can later be used to restore the partition configuration with the rstprofdata command.

Flags

-f BackupFile	The name of the file to write the dump to in the current working directory. If not specified, the default file is /var/adm/lpm/profile.bak.
-o backup	The backup parameter backs up logical partition configuration data to a file.
-m ManagedSystem	The name of the managed system. This attribute is optional because there is only one system to manage. The name may either be the user-defined name for the managed system, or be in the form tttt-mmm*ssssssss, where tttt is the machine type, mmm is the model, and ssssssss is the serial number of the managed system.

Exit Status

This command has a return code of 0 on success.

Security

This command is available to all users.

Examples

To back up the partition configuration data to /var/adm/lpm/profile.bak, type:
```
bkprofdata -o backup
```
To back up the partition configuration data to lparData.bak, type:
```
bkprofdata -o backup -f lparData.bak
```

Related Information

The rstprofdata command.