HP ProCurve 3500yl Release Notes page 20

Software Management
Best Practices for Major Software Updates
b. Create a backup configuration file and verify the change.
Switch1# copy config config1 config config2
Switch1# show config files
Configuration files:
id | act pri sec | name
---+-------------+----------------------------------------------
1 | *
2 |
3 |
3. Save the current config to a tftp server using the copy tftp command. For example:
Switch1# copy startup-config tftp 10.1.1.60 Switch1_config_K_12_57.cfg
Note
This step is necessary because ProCurve does not support roll back (going from a newer software
version to an older software version) without the ability to copy a backup config file onto the device.
4. Backup your current running image (primary) to the secondary image.
Switch1# copy flash flash secondary
Switch1# show flash
Image
-----
Primary Image
Secondary Image : 6782942
Boot Rom Version: K.12.12
Default Boot
5. Set your secondary image to boot with Config2.
Switch1# startup-default secondary config config2
Switch1# show config files
Configuration files:
id | act pri sec | name
---+-------------+------------------------------------------------
1 | *
2 |
3 |
9
* * | config1
| config2
|
Size(Bytes)
---------- -------- -------
: 6782942 12/07/07 K.12.57
12/07/07 K.12.57
: Primary
* | config1
* | config2
|
Date Version