Saving Your Router Configuration; Saving Backup Copies Of Your Configuration And System Image - Cisco 2800 Series Manual

The following display shows sample output for the ping command when you ping the IP hostname
donald:
Router# ping donald
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.168.7.27, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent, round-trip min/avg/max = 1/3/4 ms
What to Do Next
Proceed to the

Saving Your Router Configuration

This section describes how to avoid losing your configuration at the next system reload or power cycle
by saving the running configuration to the startup configuration in NVRAM.
SUMMARY STEPS
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2.
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1
enable
Example:
Router> enable
Step 2
copy running-config startup-config
Example:
Router# copy running-config startup-config
What to Do Next
Proceed to the

Saving Backup Copies of Your Configuration and System Image

To aid file recovery and minimize downtime in case of file corruption, we recommend that you save
backup copies of the startup configuration file and the Cisco IOS software system image file on a server.
For more detailed information, see the "Managing Configuration Files" chapter and the "Loading and
Maintaining System Images" chapter of the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals and Network
Management Configuration Guide.
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"Saving Your Router Configuration" section on page
enable
copy running-config startup-config
"Saving Backup Copies of Your Configuration and System Image" section on page
How to Perform a Basic Software Configuration Using the Cisco IOS CLI
Purpose
Enables privileged EXEC mode.
Enter your password if prompted.
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Saves the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
Basic Software Configuration Using the Cisco IOS Command-Line Interface
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