Deleting A Startup Configuration File To Be Used At The Next Startup; Restoring A Startup Configuration File - HP 5800 Series Configuration Manual

Deleting a startup configuration file to be used at the
next startup
CAUTION:
This command permanently deletes startup configuration files to be used at the next startup from all
member devices. Use it with caution.
Delete a startup configuration file to be used at the next startup at the CLI. On a device that has main and
backup startup configuration files, you can choose to delete the main, the backup, or both. If the device has
only one startup configuration to be used at the next startup, the system only sets the startup configuration file
to NULL.
You may need to delete a startup configuration file to be used at the next startup for one of the following
reasons:
After you upgrade system software, the existing startup configuration files do not match the new system
•
software.
Startup configuration files are corrupted (often caused by loading a wrong configuration file).
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With startup configuration files deleted, the devices uses null configuration at the next startup.
To delete a startup configuration file to be used at the next startup:
Task
Delete a startup configuration file to be used at
the next startup from the storage media.

Restoring a startup configuration file

The restore function allows you to copy a configuration file from a TFTP server to the root directory of the
storage media of all member devices and specify the file as the startup configuration file to be used at the
next startup.
Before restoring a configuration file, ensure that the server is reachable, the server is enabled with TFTP
service, and the client has read and write permission.
To restore a startup configuration file to be used at the next startup:
Task
Restore a startup
configuration file to be
used at the next startup.
Command
reset saved-configuration
[ backup | main ]
Command Remarks
Required.
Available in user view.
restore startup-
After execution of the command, use display startup to
configuration from
verify that the filename of the configuration file to be used
src-addr src-filename
at the next system startup is the same with that specified by
the filename argument.
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Remarks
Required.
Available in user view.