xcat-core/xCAT-client/pods/man1/restorexCATdb.1.pod

=head1 NAME

B<restorexCATdb> - restores the xCAT db tables .

=head1 SYNOPSIS

B<restorexCATdb> [B<-a>] [B<-V>] [{B<-p>|B<--path>} I<path>]

B<restorexCATdb> [B<-h>|B<--help>] [B<-v>|B<--version>]


=head1 DESCRIPTION

The restorexCATdb command restores the xCAT database tables from the directory given by the -p flag. The site table skiptables attribute can be set to a list of tables not to restore.  See man dumpxCATdb.

=head1 OPTIONS


B<-h>          Display usage message.

B<-v>          Command Version.

B<-V>          Verbose.

B<-a>          All,without this flag the eventlog and auditlog will be skipped. 
These tables are skipped by default because restoring will generate new indexes.  

B<-p>          Path to the directory containing the database restore files.


=head1 RETURN VALUE

0 The command completed successfully.

1 An error has occurred.

=head1 EXAMPLES

1. To restore the xCAT database from the /tmp/db directory, enter:

B<restorexCATdb -p /tmp/db>

2. To restore the xCAT database including auditlog and eventlog from the /tmp/db directory, enter:

B<restorexCATdb -a -p /tmp/db>


=head1 FILES

/opt/xcat/sbin/restorexCATdb


=head1 SEE ALSO

L<dumpxCATdb(1)|dumpxCATdb.1>