Backing Up An Ace License File; Retrieving An Ace License File - Cisco 4700M Administration Manual

Chapter 3 Managing ACE Software Licenses
Note
Access the user context, and copy its running configurations from the remote server. For example, to
Step 8
copy the C1 user context running configuration from the TFTP server, access the C1 context and enter:
host1/C1# tftp://192.168.1.2/R-CONFIG-C1 copy running-config
Copy the user context running configuration to the startup-configuration file. For example, enter:
Step 9
host1/Admin# copy running-config startup-config
Repeat Steps 8 and 9 until you retrieve the running configurations for all user contexts configured in the
Step 10
Admin configuration.

Backing Up an ACE License File

This section describes how to back up an ACE license file. To protect your license files, we recommend
that you back up your license files (in .tar format) to the ACE Flash disk.
Restrictions
You must be in the Admin context to back up an ACE license file.
Detailed Steps
Command
copy licenses disk0:[
Example:
host1/Admin# copy licenses
disk0:mylicenses.tar

Retrieving an ACE License File

This section describes how retrieve an ACE license file. If you accidently remove or lose the license on
the ACE, you can untar your backup license file and then reinstall it.
Restrictions
You must be in the Admin context to retrieve an ACE license file.
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If you do not update the startup configuration with the latest running configuration, when the
ACE restarts, it uses the startup configuration with the extra contexts. The ACE allows the
number of contexts that the license supports, but fails the remaining contexts.
path/ filename.tar
]
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Purpose
Backs up your license files to the ACE Flash disk as tar files.
The keyword and argument are as follows:
disk0:—Specifies that thebackup license file is copied to the
•
disk0: file system.
[path/]filename.tar—Destination filename for the backup
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licenses. The destination filename must have a .tar file
extension.
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