3.5.1 Matrix Server Command Reference

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--noHeaders

Do not display column headers in the output.

--csv

Generate the report in a comma-separated format.

Dump or restore matrix configuration information:

The following command dumps configuration information to stdout. The

information includes the configuration of servers, network interfaces,

virtual hosts, service and device monitors, notifiers, disks, and filesystems.

The configuration also includes sleep and alerts. The export group

information does not appear on the screen, but is instead placed in a dump

file in the current directory.

The dumped information does not include configuration information for

the following: Matrix Server license, secret, matrix password, membership

partitions, fencing configuration, FibreChannel switches, custom scripts and

custom notifiers.

mx matrix dump

You can also save the configuration in a file for backup purposes:

mx matrix dump > <backup_file>

The backup file is placed in the current directory. The dump command

creates a separate dump file for the export group configuration. This file is

named dump_<exportgroupname>_<time_in_milliseconds>. Be sure to save

these files.

To restore the configuration, use the following command, where backup_file

is the dump file produced earlier by mx matrix dump. Before running the

command, you may need to edit the backup_file. In the file, check the path

and file name specified for the export group dump file and correct the

names if necessary.

mx --continue --file <backup_file>

The section “Back Up and Restore the Configuration” in Chapter 2 of the

PolyServe Administration Guide, describes additional ways to back up and

restore the Matrix Server and MxFS-Linux configuration.