Enterasys Networks X-PeditionTM Uploading the Configuration/Crash Report, Full-config Backup

Utilizing the Command Line Interface

Note: If you have inadvertently added errors to the CLI script file, the restoration of startup- config will be stopped at the error line. So, any commands after that line in startup-configare not executed.

For more command details, refer to the XSR CLI Reference Guide.

Uploading the Configuration/Crash Report

An upload copies the XSR startup-configuration file (partial) to a system in a CLI script format using TFTP. You can later retrieve the file with TFTP.

To perform the task correctly, the TFTP server must be running on a remote device. You then enter the copy startup-config tftp: <tftp IP addr>/filename command in EXEC mode to copy the file to the server. A successful upload produces the following sample output:

XSR#copy startup-config tftp:

Address of remote host [0.0.0.0]: 10.10.10.10 Destination file name [startup-config]:

Copy 'startup-config' from Flash to server as 'startup-config'(y/n) ? y

Upload to server done

File size: 976 bytes

You can also upload the crash report via TFTP using the same procedure as the one used to upload the configuration file.

Refer to the XSR CLI Reference Guide for more command details.

Full-config Backup

Alternately, you can backup and restore the full configuration file suite including encoded VPN users, usernames, passwords, certificates, and SNMPv3 data files (user.dat, cert.dat, and private-config) to a remote site with a full configuration backup. This method employs a modified backup/restore algorithm to copy the data encoded by the master encryption key to the temporary full-configfile then restores the data in startup-configand other data files. Be aware that the same master encryption key is required for both backup (on the source XSR) and restore (on the destination XSR) operations. Information in the full-configfile is stored either as ASCII text (startup-configdata) or encrypted binary text (data files).

The full-configbackup/restore option is also available using SNMP. Refer to “Full Configuration Backup/Restore” on page 2-43for details.

Creating Alternate Configuration Files

The XSR permits you to create multiple configurations, a useful option if you want to quickly select one of two configuration files stored in flash: or cflash:, for example: startup-configand startup-configB. The file named startup-configis used by the autoboot process. You can use any file name for the alternate configuration.

To make an alternate configuration file available, rename startup-configto startup-configA(for example), and startup-configBto startup-config., using the rename command. Then issue the reload command to use the new configuration.

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