backup-domain
Performs a backup on the domain.
Synopsis
asadmin [asadmin-options] backup-domain [--help]
[--long[={false|true}]]
[--description description-text]
[--domaindir domain-root-dir]
[--backupdir backup-directory]
[--backupconfig backup-config-name]
[domain_name]
Description
The backup-domain
subcommand backs up files under the named domain.
To complete the command, however, the domain must be stopped first. This will mean that any application deployed to the DAS is unavailable while the backup takes place.
Options
- asadmin-options
-
Options for the
asadmin
utility. For information about these options, see theasadmin
help page. --help
-?
-
Displays the help text for the subcommand.
--long
-l
-
Displays detailed information about the backup operation.
The default value is
false
. --description
-
Specifies a description to store in the backup file. The description is displayed as part of the information about a backup file.
The default value has this form:
domain-name_YYYY_MM_DD_backup-number
--domaindir
-
Specifies the domain root directory, the parent directory of the domain to back up.
The default value is
as-install/domains
. --backupdir
-
Specifies the directory under which the backup file is to be stored.
The default value is
as-install/domains/domain-dir/backups
. If the domain is not in the default location, the location isdomain-dir/backups
.
Operands
- domain-name
-
Specifies the name of the domain to be backed up.
This operand is optional if only one domain exists in the Payara Server installation.