Using The File System On The Ace; Copying Files; Copying Files To Another Directory On The Ace; Copying Licenses - Cisco 4700M Administration Manual

Using the File System on the ACE

Using the File System on the ACE
This section describes how use the ACE file system. Flash memory stores the operating system,
startup-configuration files, software licenses, core dump files, system message log files, SSL certificates
and keys, probe scripts, and other data on the ACE. Flash memory comprises a number of individual file
systems, or partitions, that include this data.
The ACE contains the following file systems, or partitions:
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The Admin context supports all five file systems in the ACE. The user context supports only the disk0:,
probe:, and volatile: file systems.
When you create a new context, the ACE creates a new context directory in Flash memory to store
context-specific data such as startup-configuration files.
The ACE provides a number of useful commands to help you manage software configuration and image
and files.This section contains the following topics that will help you to manage files on the ACE:
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Copying Files

This section describes how create copies of a file on the ACE and how to copy files to and from the ACE.
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disk0:—Contains all startup-configuration files, software licenses, system message log files, SSL
certificates and keys, and user-generated data for all existing contexts on the ACE.
image:—Contains the system software images.
core:—Contains the core files generated after each time that the ACE becomes unresponsive.
probe:—Contains the Cisco-supplied scripts. For more information about these scripts, see the
Cisco 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance Server Load-Balancing Configuration
Guide. Both the Admin context and user contexts support the probe: directory.
volatile:—Contains the files residing in the temporary (volatile:) directory. The volatile: directory
provides temporary storage; files in temporary storage are erased when the ACE reboots.
Copying Files
Uncompressing Files in the disk0: File System
Untarring Files in the disk0: File System
Creating a New Directory
Deleting an Existing Directory
Moving Files
Deleting Files
Displaying Files Residing On the ACE
Saving show Command Output to a File

Copying Files to Another Directory on the ACE

Copying Licenses

Copying a Packet Capture Buffer

Copying Files to a Remote Server

Copying Files from a Remote Server

Copying an ACE Software System Image to a Remote Server

Chapter 4 Managing the ACE Software
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