Managing the Directory Structure (Non-Redundant)

Managing CMM Directory Content

 

 

 

 

Copying the Working Directory to the Certified Directory

When the running configuration is saved to the working directory, the switch’s working and certified directories are now different. This difference, if the CMM reboots, causes the switch to boot and run from the certified directory. When the switch is booted and run from the certified directory, changes made to switch functionality cannot be saved and files cannot be moved between directories. The boot.cfg file saved on the working directory needs to be saved to the certified directory, as shown:

 

3

Working

Certified

Primary CMM

 

2

1

Running

In this diagram:

1The switch boots from the certified directory and changes are made to the running configuration.

2The changes are saved to the working directory as the boot.cfg file.

3The contents of the working directory are saved to the certified directory.

Once the working directory is copied to the certified directory, and the switch reboots, it will reboot from the certified directory but run from the working directory. When the switch runs in this fashion, changes made to the running configuration can be saved to the working directory as described in “Copying the Running Configuration to the Working Directory” on page 4-15.

Note. Only software that has been thoroughly validated as viable and reliant software should be copied to the certified directory. Once you copy software to the certified directory, you will not be able to recover a previous version of the image or configuration files.

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