Restore only VIPs and pools across a non HA pair?

I have accomplished that sort of task by running a "b virtual list > myvips" and a b pool list > mypools, this will give you two files myvips and mypools which you can run a b merge myvips then b merge mypools and then if that gets you what you want - you can do a b save and your done, if it isn't what you need, then you can do a b load to restore your previous config.