Import Command Parameters

The import command takes the following parameters:

domain

The value of the domain parameter is the name of the domain whose topology is to be imported. If no domain is specified, all domains are imported.

domainmode

The value of the domainmode parameter determines whether new domains are created from the imported topology. If the value is follow, then group and domain topology are imported into the current topology, and new domains can be created. If the value is ignore, then only groups and entities are imported to the specified target domain.

filename

The value of the filename parameter is the name of the file from which the topology information should be retrieved.

nodemode

The value of the nodemode parameter determines whether the imported topology replaces the existing topology. If the value of the nodemode parameter is replace, then conflicting data is replaced with the imported values. If the value of the nodemode parameter is ignore, then conflicting data is not updated.

The explicit assignment in the command line overrides the same assignment in the parameter file. For example, if mode=ignore is assigned in the command line and mode=follow is assigned in the parameter file, then mode=ignore is used.

Example 19–1 Importing Topology Data from a File

In the following example, previously exported topology is imported from the file /home/examples/snapshot. New domains are created as necessary, and conflicting data is replaced by the imported topology.

> import filename=/home/examples/snapshot domainmode=follow \
nodemode=replace