Backup Provisioned Target Servers

This procedure creates a backup file of the PAIR provisioning data. The provisioning data to be preserved includes the address/name and alias information provided when the target servers were initially provisioned in the PAIR utility. This file can be used to restore the provisioning data using the Add Multiple Target Servers procedure.

PAIR Server: Login using admusr credentials

SSH into the PAIR server and authenticate using admusr credentials.

login as: admusr [Enter]
admusr@10.75.152.79's password: <admusr_password> [Enter]
Last login: Mon Jun  6 10:35:36 2016 from 10.75.7.157
[admusr@myPairServer ~]$

PAIR Server: Create backup file.
Execute the command to generate a backup file of currently provisioned PAIR data.
Note:
As a best practice, it is recommended to use the path /usr/TKLC/smac/etc/... so the output is included in the automated PM&C backups.
```
[admusr@myPairServer ~]$ pair saveServers --file <path/file> [Enter]
Server list was saved successfully.
[admusr@myPairServer ~]$
```
PAIR Server: Confirm file content.
Execute the command to confirm the content of the backup file.
```
[admusr@myPairServer ~]$sudo cat <path/file>
<server1,alias1>
<server2,alias2>
<server3,alias3>
...
<server[n],alias[n]>
[admusr@myPairServer ~]$
```
The file can now be transferred off the host and stored per your specific backup policy.