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Switching to a new configuration
Procedure
1. Back up the configuration using cfg-backup running-config config command. In
the following example, the configuration name used is "stable".
cfg-backup running-config config stable
2. Check the backup configuration using show config files command.
switch(config)# show config files
Configuration files:
id | act pri sec | name
---+-------------+--------
1
|
*
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
3. Change the running configuration as required, and backup the new configuration as "newfile".
cfg-backup running-config config newfile
switch(config)# show config files
Configuration files:
id | act pri sec | name
---+-------------+---------
1 |
*
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
4. Check the difference between the "newfile" (running configuration) and "stable" (backed up configuration)
using cfg-restore flash stable diff command. Based on the difference, apply the backed-up
configuration using cfg-restore flash stable command.
5. Check the status of the configuration restore using show cfg-restore status command.
switch(config)# show cfg-restore status
Status
Config File Name
Source
Time Taken
Last Run
Recovery Mode
Failure Reason
Number of Add Commands
Number of Remove Commands : 0
Time Taken for Each Phase :
Calculating diff
Chapter 15 Configuration backup and restore without reboot
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: Success
: stable
: Flash
: 3 Seconds
: Tue Nov 28 18:24:09 2017
: Enabled
: -
: 14
: 1 Seconds
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