3.5.1 Matrix Server Command Reference

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The options are:

-F

Send the data to the default membership partition backup file,

/var/opt/polyserve/run/MP.backup. This file can subsequently be used as

input to the mpimport utility if needed. If there is an existing backup file,

that file will be saved as /var/opt/polyserve/run/MP.backup.prev.

-f <outputfile>

Send the data to the specified output file.

-v

Output the data to both the screen and the file.

mpimport – restore membership partition data

Synopsis

/opt/polyserve/lib/mpimport <options>

Description

The mpimport utility can be used to import disks or dynamic volumes into an

existing SCL database. (Either -F or -f is required to import a dynamic

volume.) The utility can also be used to deport disks or dynamic volumes

from the SCL database or to replace a specific UID with a different UID.

NOTE: Matrix Server must be stopped on all nodes when mpimport is used.

Database corruption can occur if the utility is executed while Matrix

Server is running on a node. mpimport fails if Matrix Server is

running on the current node; however, it does not check the other

nodes.

mpimport does not check for the physical presence of the disks or subdevices

that it is importing and, for example, allows the devices to be imported even if

they are not physically visible on the server. Consequently, successfully

completion of the utility does not mean that the imported disks are valid.

The options are:

mpimport <uid> [<uid> ...]

Import the set of disks corresponding to the specified UIDs.