HP Backing up the startup configuration file, Deleting a startup configuration file

To do…	Use the command…	Remarks
Specify a startup configuration file	startup saved-configuration cfgfile	Required
to be used at the next startup	[ backup main ]	Available in user view

CAUTION:

A configuration file must use .cfg as its extension name and the startup configuration file must be saved in the storage media’s root directory.

Backing up the startup configuration file

The backup function allows you to copy the startup configuration file to be used at the next startup from the switch to the TFTP server.

The backup operation backs up the main startup configuration file to the TFTP server for switches supporting main and backup startup configuration files.

Follow the step below to back up the startup configuration file to be used at the next startup:

To do…	Use the command…	Remarks
Back up the startup configuration	backup startup-configuration to	Required
file to be used at the next startup to
	dest-addr [dest- filename ]	Available in user view
the specified TFTP server

NOTE:

Before the backup operation:

•Make sure that the server is reachable and enabled with TFTP service, and the client has the read and write permission.

•Use the display startup command (in user view) to check whether you have specified a startup configuration file to be used at the next startup. If the file is set as NULL or does not exist, the backup operation fails.

Deleting a startup configuration file

You can delete a startup configuration file at the CLI. On a switch that has main and backup startup configuration files, you can choose to delete the main, the backup, or both. If the switch 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).

With startup configuration files deleted, the switch uses null configuration at the next startup. Follow the step below to delete a startup configuration file to be used at the next startup:

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