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= backup-domain

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== backup-domain

Performs a backup on the domain

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=== Synopsis

[source]
----
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]
----

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=== Description

The `backup-domain` subcommand backs up files under the named domain.

This subcommand is supported in local mode only in {productName}, and is supported in local mode and remote mode in {productName}.

In {productName}, the domain to be backed up must
be stopped.

In {productName}, the domain to be backed up must be stopped
or be suspended using the `suspend-domain`(1) subcommand.

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=== Options

asadmin-options::
  Options for the `asadmin` utility. For information about these
  options, see the link:asadmin.html#asadmin-1m[`asadmin`(1M)] 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:
+
[source]
----
domain-name backup created on YYYY_MM_DD by user user-name
----
`--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 is
  domain-dir``/backups``.
`--backupconfig`::
  (Supported only in {productName}.) The name of the domain
  backup configuration in the backup directory under which the backup
  file is to be stored.

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=== Operands

domain-name::
  Specifies the name of the domain to be backed up. +
  This operand is optional if only one domain exists in the {productName} installation.

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=== Exit Status

0::
  subcommand executed successfully
1::
  error in executing the subcommand

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=== See Also

link:asadmin.html#asadmin-1m[`asadmin`(1M)]

link:list-backups.html#list-backups-1[`list-backups`(1)],
link:restore-domain.html#restore-domain-1[`restore-domain`(1)],
`resume-domain`(1), `suspend-domain`(1)