Backing up your VIOS configuration with viosbr command

viosbr command


Purpose


     Performs the operations for backing up the virtual and logical configuration, listing the configuration,
     and restoring the configuration of the Virtual I/O Server.


     The viosbr command can be run only by the padmin user.

$ viosbr -backup -file /tmp/vios_config_bkp

$ viosbr -view -list
  vios_config_bkp.tar.gz
to switch from user padmin to root use command oem_setup_env

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