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export (Volume Management)--Export Volume

Export a volume (application or singleton class volume or global volume)

Syntax

vol export name image file [ --nocompress ] [ --force ]
vol export name local_ip=<local> remote_ip=<remote> [migrating_class=<class>] encr_key=<volume> [--force]  

Arguments

name

Name of volume to export. The format of <name> is the following:

<application>:[<class>.]<volume>, _GLOBAL:<volume>, or _GLOBAL_RO:<volume>

image file

Name of the exported volume image residing within the root of the /vol/_impex directory. If the --nocompress option is not specified, a '.gz' extension is added to the image file name if not already specified.

local_ip

Network information to configure on the migrator application running on the local grid. It has the following format:

[_vlan.][<vlan id>.]<ip address> | _net.<network name>.<ip_address>

remote_ip

Network information to configure on the migrator application running on the remote grid. It has the following format:

[_vlan.][<vlan id>.]<ip address> | _net.<network name>.<ip_address>

migrating_class

The assembly to use in building the local migrator application.

encr_key

Specifies the name of a volume containing fixed encryption keys to be supplied to the applications performing the volume migration.

--nocompress

Do not compress the exported volume image.

--force

Overwrite the volume image already residing within the root of the /vol/_impex directory.

Examples

vol export myapp:myvol myvol.img

export application user volume creating compressed image file with name of myvol.img.gz.

vol export myapp:myclass.boot myclass.boot.img --nocompress

export application singleton class boot volume without compression.

vol export _GLOBAL:myiso myiso.img

export a global volume with the name of 'myiso.img.gz'

Note: A specification of the naming convention for CA AppLogic for System z® entities can be found here.