Configuring Configuration Replace And Rollback; Related Configuration Tasks; Important Points To Remember; Enabling The Archive Service - Dell Force10 C150 Configuration Manual

Configuring Configuration Replace and Rollback

Configuring Configuration Replace and Rollback is a three-step process:
1. Enable the archive service. See page 302.
2. Archive a running-configuration. See page 303.
3. Replace the running-configuration with an archived configuration. See page 303.

Related Configuration Tasks

• Configuring an Archive File Maximum on page 305
• Configuring Auto-archive on page 306
• Copying and Deleting an Archive File on page 307
• Viewing and Editing the Contents of an Archive File on page 307

Important Points to Remember

• FTOS automatically locks CONFIGURATON mode during the replace and rollback operation; see
Lock CONFIGURATION mode on page
in CONFIGURATION mode. The lock is released when the replace or rollback operation is complete.
• Configuration Replace and Rollback cannot remove some FTOS configuration statements. See the
release notes for your FTOS version for details.

Enabling the Archive Service

Before you can archive a configuration, you must enter ARCHIVE mode using the command
CONFIGURATION mode, as shown in
enable the archive service,
Message 1 Archive Service Error Message
% Warning: archive service is not enabled yet.
Figure 12-1. Entering Archive Mode
FTOS#archive config
% Warning: archive service is not enabled yet.
FTOS#config
FTOS(conf)#archive
FTOS(conf-archive)#exit
FTOS(conf)#exit
FTOS#archive config
configuration archived as archive_1
FTOS#
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72. Therefore, when using this feature, no other user may be
Figure 12-1. This enables the archiving service. If you do not
Message 1 appears when you attempt to archive a configuration.
archive
from