Cisco ACE-4710-K9

Chapter 5 Managing the ACE Software
Saving Configuration Files
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Cisco 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance Administration Guide
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Saving Configuration Files to a Remote Server
To save the running-configuration file or startup-configuration file to a remote
server using File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Secure Transfer Protocol (SFTP), or
Trivial Transfer Protocol (TFTP), use the copy running-config or copy
startup-config command in Exec mode. The copy serves as a backup file for the
running-configuration file or startup-configuration file for the current context.
Before installing or migrating to a new software version, back up the ACE
startup-configuration file to a remote server using FTP, SFTP, or TFTP. When you
name the backup file, we recommend that you name it in such a way that you can
easily tell the context source of the file (for example, running-config-ctx1,
startup-config-ctx1).
The syntax for the command is:
copy {runni
ng-config | startup-config} {ftp://server/path[/filename] |
sftp://[username@]server/path[/filename] |
tftp://server[:port]/path[/filename]}
The keywords, arguments, and options are:
• running-config—Specifies the running-configuration file currently residing
on the ACE in volatile memory.
• startup-config—Specifies the startup-configuration file currently residing
on the ACE in Flash memory.
• ftp://server/path[/filename]—Specifies the FTP network server and,
optionally, the renamed configuration file.
• sftp://[username@]server/path[/filename]—Specifies the SFTP network
server and, optionally, the renamed configuration file.
• tftp://server[:port]/path[/filename]—Specifies the TFTP network server and,
optionally, the renamed configuration file.