Configuration File Backup And Restoration; Introduction To Configuration File Backup And Restoration; File Backup And Restoration - 3Com E4500-24 Cli Configuration Manual

Configuration File Backup and Restoration

Introduction to Configuration File Backup and Restoration

Formerly, you can only back up and restore the configuration file of the units one by one in a fabric
system.
By using the configuration file backup and restoration feature, you can easily back up and restore the
configuration files in the whole fabric as well as in a specific unit.
In the backup process, the system first saves the current configuration of a unit to the startup
configuration file, and then uploads the file to the TFTP server. In the restore process, the system
downloads the startup configuration file from the TFTP server to the local unit.
The configurations of different units in the fabric system can be saved in different .cfg configuration files
on the TFTP server. These configuration files form the startup configuration of the whole fabric.

File Backup and Restoration

Configuration prerequisites
Before performing the following operations, you must first ensure that:
The relevant units support TFTP client.
The TFTP server is started
A route exists between the TFTP server and TFTP client.
Configuration procedure
Follow these steps to back up and restore configuration file:
To do...
Back up the current
configuration of a specified unit
Back up the current
configuration of the whole
fabric system
Restore the startup
configuration of a specified unit
Restore the startup
configuration of the whole
fabric system
Use the command...
backup unit unit-id
current-configuration to
{ dest-addr | dest-hostname }
filename.cfg
backup fabric
current-configuration to
{ dest-addr | dest-hostname }
filename.cfg
restore unit unit-id
startup-configuration from
{ source-addr |
source-hostname }
filename.cfg
restore fabric
startup-configuration from
{ source-addr |
source-hostname }
filename.cfg
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