01-28-2011
We wrote a script that runs a savevg and then runs a mksysb. Running the savevg first puts files into the filesystem (where ever you save them) that are then backed up in the mksysb. If you ever do have to restore a mksysb, you will then have the exact version of the savevg information to restore your VGs and filesystems.
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iptables-restore
IPTABLES-RESTORE(8) iptables 1.6.1 IPTABLES-RESTORE(8)
NAME
iptables-restore -- Restore IP Tables
ip6tables-restore -- Restore IPv6 Tables
SYNOPSIS
iptables-restore [-chntv] [-M modprobe] [-T name] [file]
ip6tables-restore [-chntv] [-M modprobe] [-T name] [file]
DESCRIPTION
iptables-restore and ip6tables-restore are used to restore IP and IPv6 Tables from data specified on STDIN or in file. Use I/O redirection
provided by your shell to read from a file or specify file as an argument.
-c, --counters
restore the values of all packet and byte counters
-h, --help
Print a short option summary.
-n, --noflush
don't flush the previous contents of the table. If not specified, both commands flush (delete) all previous contents of the respec-
tive table.
-t, --test
Only parse and construct the ruleset, but do not commit it.
-v, --verbose
Print additional debug info during ruleset processing.
-M, --modprobe modprobe_program
Specify the path to the modprobe program. By default, iptables-restore will inspect /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to determine the exe-
cutable's path.
-T, --table name
Restore only the named table even if the input stream contains other ones.
BUGS
None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
AUTHORS
Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> wrote iptables-restore based on code from Rusty Russell.
Andras Kis-Szabo <kisza@sch.bme.hu> contributed ip6tables-restore.
SEE ALSO
iptables-apply(8),iptables-save(8), iptables(8)
The iptables-HOWTO, which details more iptables usage, the NAT-HOWTO, which details NAT, and the netfilter-hacking-HOWTO which details the
internals.
iptables 1.6.1 IPTABLES-RESTORE(8)