Enabling Automatic Saving Of The Running Configuration - H3C S5500-HI Series Fundamentals Configuration Manual

To do...
Set the maximum number of
configuration files that can be
saved
NOTE:
You can perform the save and rollback operations only on the master. To make the configuration
•
rollback take effect on the new master after an active/standby switchover, execute the archive
configuration location command to specify the path and filename prefix of the saved configuration file
on both the master and slaves. Therefore, before the execution of this command, make sure that the
specified path is available on both the master and the slaves, and that the path cannot include any
member ID.
• If you execute the undo archive configuration location command, the running configuration cannot be
saved either manually or automatically. The configuration performed by executing the archive
configuration interval and archive configuration max commands is restored to the default, and the
saved configuration files are cleared.
The value of the
•
a comparatively small value for the

Enabling automatic saving of the running configuration

You can configure the system to save the running configuration at a specified interval. Then, you can use
the display archive configuration command to view the filenames and save time of the saved
configuration files. This enables you to easily roll back the current configuration to a previous
configuration state.
Configure an automatic save interval based on the storage media's performance and the frequency of
configuration modification in the following situations:
If the device configuration does not change frequently, manually save the running configuration as
•
needed
• H3C recommends that you save the running configuration manually, or configure automatic saving
with an interval longer than 1,440 minutes (24 hours).
Follow these steps to enable automatic saving of the running configuration:
To do...
Enter system view
Enable the automatic saving of
the running configuration, and set
the interval
NOTE:
You need to specify the path and filename prefix for saving configuration files before configuring the
automatic saving period.
Use the command...
archive configuration max
file-number
file-number
argument is determined by memory space. H3C recommends that you set
file-number
Use the command...
system-view
archive configuration interval
minutes
argument if the available memory space is small.
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Remarks
Optional
The default number is 5.
Remarks
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Optional
Disabled by default