cimreparchive usage information
cimreparchive is a command generally used in OpenPegasus, well known in various platforms. It is supported as an additional mechanism to backup repository besides IBM® i specific SAVE and RESTORE mechanism. A symbol link of it is added in directory /QOpenSys/usr/bin. This command requires *NONE authority to run, but the user should have the accessibility authority of directory: “/QOpenSys/QIBM/UserData/UME/Pegasus/repository”.
- Name
cimreparchiveBackup repository.
- Synopsis
- Usage:
cimreparchive archive_filecimreparchive --versioncimreparchive --help
- Description
- The cimreparchive utility packages repository files that reside in directory “/QOpenSys/QIBM/UserData/UME/Pegasus/repository” into specific archive file.
- Options
- archive_file
- The archive file path and name
- --version
- Display CIM Server version number
- --help
- Display this help message
- Usage Notes®
- The cimreparchive command can be used whether the CIM Server is running or not. The user could use “pax -r –f archive_file” to restore the repository.