On 03/25/09 09:19, Sangeeta Misra wrote:

>>> 5. 'ilbadm import' reads from a file and override what is in SCF, 
>>> meaning that
>>>    all existing property groups will be deleted, and new property 
>>> groups will be
>>>    created based on the content of the file.
>>
>> this is in direct contradiction to what we have now: as the spec has 
>> it, you need to *explicitly* remove all configuration if you want to 
>> start afresh.
> 
> Where in the spec does it say this?
> 
> I think ilbadm import<filename> should replace the contents of 
> persistent conf in SCF that of the file.

here's the direct quote:

>       import [filename]
> 
>               NOTE: existing configuration is not destroyed first, so if a 
>               "clean slate" is required, rules etc. need to be destroyed 
> first.


the reasoning was at the time that it would be hard to do anything incremental
if import implicitly removed everything first.

Michael
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