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Working with a portable and text editable backup
When a Summit WM Controller database backup is processed, a .zip file is created. The contents of the
.zip file will vary depending on what type of database backup you process.
If you process a configuration information backup, one of the files included in the .zip file is a .cli file.
When the .zip file is stored on an ftp server, the .zip file contents can be extracted and the .cli file can be
edited.
This editable .cli file when imported to a Summit WM Controller will reproduce the same configuration
from which the original configuration was generated. This editable .cli file provides an easy method for
replicating identical Summit WM Controller configurations on multiple controllers. Below is a sample
.cli file. The .cli file contains CLI commands, which will replicate the configuration that the backup was
based based on when the file is imported.
For information on how to import a backup onto a Summit WM Controller, see "Restoring the Summit
WM Controller database" on page 52.
For more information on Summit WM Controller CLI commands, see the Summit WM CLI Reference
Guide.
To back up the Summit WM Controller database now:
1 From the main menu, click Summit WM Controller. The Summit WM Controller page is displayed.
2 From the left pane, click Software Maintenance. The SWM Software tab is displayed.
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