diff --git a/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/RemoteController/RemoteAdminPlugin.cs b/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/RemoteController/RemoteAdminPlugin.cs
index 574486795e..fed6ecb2c1 100644
--- a/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/RemoteController/RemoteAdminPlugin.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/ApplicationPlugins/RemoteController/RemoteAdminPlugin.cs
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.ApplicationPlugins.RemoteController
                     m_httpd.AddXmlRPCHandler("admin_load_xml", XmlRpcLoadXMLMethod);
                     m_httpd.AddXmlRPCHandler("admin_save_xml", XmlRpcSaveXMLMethod);
                     m_httpd.AddXmlRPCHandler("admin_load_oar", XmlRpcLoadOARMethod);
+                    m_httpd.AddXmlRPCHandler("admin_save_oar", XmlRpcSaveOARMethod);
                     m_httpd.AddXmlRPCHandler("admin_region_query", XmlRpcRegionQueryMethod);
                 }
             }
@@ -901,8 +902,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.ApplicationPlugins.RemoteController
                 }
                 else throw new Exception("neither region_name nor region_uuid given");
 
-                responseData["switched"] = "true";
-
                 new ArchiveReadRequest(scene, filename);
                 responseData["loaded"]   = "true";
 
@@ -914,7 +913,97 @@ namespace OpenSim.ApplicationPlugins.RemoteController
                 m_log.DebugFormat("[RADMIN] LoadOAR: {0}", e.ToString());
 
                 responseData["loaded"]  = "false";
-                responseData["switched"] = "false";
+                responseData["error"]   = e.Message;
+
+                response.Value          = responseData;
+            }
+
+            return response;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Save a region to an OAR file
+        /// <summary>
+        /// <param name="request">incoming XML RPC request</param>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// XmlRpcSaveOARMethod takes the following XMLRPC
+        /// parameters
+        /// <list type="table">
+        /// <listheader><term>parameter name</term><description>description</description></listheader>
+        /// <item><term>password</term>
+        ///       <description>admin password as set in OpenSim.ini</description></item>
+        /// <item><term>filename</term>
+        ///       <description>file name for the OAR file</description></item>
+        /// <item><term>region_uuid</term>
+        ///       <description>UUID of the region</description></item>
+        /// <item><term>region_name</term>
+        ///       <description>region name</description></item>
+        /// </list>
+        ///
+        /// <code>region_uuid</code> takes precedence over
+        /// <code>region_name</code> if both are present; one of both
+        /// must be present.
+        ///
+        /// XmlRpcLoadOARMethod returns
+        /// <list type="table">
+        /// <listheader><term>name</term><description>description</description></listheader>
+        /// <item><term>success</term>
+        ///       <description>true or false</description></item>
+        /// <item><term>error</term>
+        ///       <description>error message if success is false</description></item>
+        /// </list>
+        /// </remarks>
+        public XmlRpcResponse XmlRpcSaveOARMethod(XmlRpcRequest request)
+        {
+            m_log.Info("[RADMIN]: Received Save OAR Administrator Request");
+            XmlRpcResponse response = new XmlRpcResponse();
+            Hashtable responseData = new Hashtable();
+
+            try
+            {
+                Hashtable requestData = (Hashtable) request.Params[0];
+
+                // check completeness
+                foreach (string p in new string[] { "password", "filename" })
+                {
+                    if (!requestData.Contains(p))
+                        throw new Exception(String.Format("missing parameter {0}", p));
+                    if (String.IsNullOrEmpty((string)requestData[p]))
+                        throw new Exception(String.Format("parameter {0} is empty"));
+                }
+
+                // check password
+                if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(requiredPassword) &&
+                    (string)requestData["password"] != requiredPassword) throw new Exception("wrong password");
+
+                string filename = (string)requestData["filename"];
+                Scene scene = null;
+                if (requestData.Contains("region_uuid"))
+                {
+                    UUID region_uuid = (UUID)(string)requestData["region_uuid"];
+                    if (!m_app.SceneManager.TryGetScene(region_uuid, out scene))
+                        throw new Exception(String.Format("failed to switch to region {0}", region_uuid.ToString()));
+                }
+                else if (requestData.Contains("region_name"))
+                {
+                    string region_name = (string)requestData["region_name"];
+                    if (!m_app.SceneManager.TryGetScene(region_name, out scene))
+                        throw new Exception(String.Format("failed to switch to region {0}", region_name));
+                }
+                else throw new Exception("neither region_name nor region_uuid given");
+
+                scene.SavePrimsToArchive(filename);
+
+                responseData["saved"]   = "true";
+
+                response.Value           = responseData;
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                m_log.InfoFormat("[RADMIN] SaveOAR: {0}", e.Message);
+                m_log.DebugFormat("[RADMIN] SaveOAR: {0}", e.ToString());
+
+                responseData["saved"]  = "false";
                 responseData["error"]   = e.Message;
 
                 response.Value          = responseData;
@@ -1087,7 +1176,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.ApplicationPlugins.RemoteController
 
         public XmlRpcResponse XmlRpcRegionQueryMethod(XmlRpcRequest request)
         {
-            m_log.Info("[RADMIN]: Received Save XML Administrator Request");
+            m_log.Info("[RADMIN]: Received Query XML Administrator Request");
             XmlRpcResponse response = new XmlRpcResponse();
             Hashtable responseData = new Hashtable();