Chapter 12   The bak2am Command Line Tool


This chapter provides information on the bak2am command line tool and contains the following section:

• The bak2am Command Line Executable

The bak2am Command Line Executable

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Identity Server contains an bak2am utility under <Identity_Server_root>/SUNWam/bin. This utility performs a restore of the Identity Server components that were backed-up by the am2back utility.

The bak2am Syntax

The generic syntax for using the bak2am tool for the Solaris operating system is:

./bak2am [ -v | --verbose ] -z | --gzip <tar.gz-file>

./bak2am [ -v | --verbose ] -t | --tar <tar-file>

./bak2am -h | --help

./bak2am -n | --version

The generic syntax for using the bak2am tool for the Windows 2000 operating system is:

bak2am [ -v | --verbose ] -d | --directory <directory-name>

bak2am -h | --help

bak2am -n | --version

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Note	Two hyphens must be entered exactly as shown in the syntax.

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bak2am Options

--gzip <backup-name>
--gzip specifies the full path and filename of the backup file in tar.gz format. By default, the path is <Identity_Server_root>/backup. This option is for Solaris only.

--tar <backup-name>
--tar specifies the full path and filename of the backup file in tar format. By default, the path is <Identity_Server_root>/backup. This option is for Solaris only.

--verbose
--verbose is used to run the backup utility in verbose mode.

--directory
--directory specifies the backup directory. By default, the path is <Identity_Server_root>/backup. This option is for Windows 2000 only.

--help
--help is an argument that displays the syntax for the bak2am command.

--version
--version is an argument that displays the utility name, product name, product version and legal notice.

1. Login as root.

   The user running this script must have root access.

2. Untar the input tar file.

   This was generated when the backup script was run.