3Com ENTERPRISE OS 11.3 manual Select Verify Upgrade Services Diagnose, Backing Up the Software

64CHAPTER 7: BACKING UP AND RESTORING SOFTWARE

2Select Verify Upgrade Services (Diagnose).

A Status window appears showing the results of the diagnostic tests.

3If the Status window shows a failure, check the SNMP read/write community string for FTP/TFTP file transfer permissions.

If the Status window shows a success, click Home to continue with the backup.

Backing Up the Software

To back up the software, follow these steps:

1Run Upgrade Link if you have not already done so.

2Choose a bridge/router from the pop-up list in the Console page, or click New to enter the IP address or hostname. The pop-up list contains bridge/routers that you have upgraded or backed-up before.

3Select Backup and click Apply. The Settings page appears.

4Select the appropriate settings and click OK. The Backup page appears.

5Select the boot source you want to back up.

The box on the right shows information about the previous backups.

Assign a name to the current backup by entering a name in the edit box. Names can be only eight characters long and may only contain alphanumeric characters.

6Click Apply to begin the backup.

The Status window shows when the backup is complete.

7Click Home then Exit to exit Upgrade Link.

Using the Use the command-line utilities if you have a script or if you do not have a web Command-Linebrowser. Otherwise, use Upgrade Link as described on page 63.

Prediagnosing System Problems

Detect any problems with SNMP or FTP/TFTP connectivity using:

bcmdiagnose [-ftp -tftp] [<device> -h]

Where <device> is the IP address or hostname of the bridge/router or switch you are diagnosing.