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Catalyst 3750 Switch Command Reference
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Chapter 2 Catalyst 3750 Switch Cisco IOS Commands
archive copy-sw
At least one member must be running the image that is to be copied to the switch that has incompatible
software.
You can copy the image to more than one specific member by repeating the /destination-system
destination-stack-member-number option in the command for each member to be upgraded. If you do
not specify the destination-stack-member-number, the default is to copy the running image file to all
members.
Using the /safe or /leave-old-sw option can cause the new copied image to fail if there is insufficient
flash memory. If leaving the software in place would prevent the new image from fitting in flash memory
due to space constraints, an error results.
If you used the /leave-old-sw option and did not overwrite the old image when you copied the new one,
you can remove the old image by using the delete privileged EXEC command. For more information,
see the
“delete” section on page 2-109.
Use the /overwrite option to overwrite the image on the flash device with the copied one.
If you specify the command without the /overwrite option, the algorithm verifies that the new image is
not the same as the one on the switch flash device or is not running on any members. If the images are
the same, the copy does not occur. If the images are different, the old image is deleted, and the new one
is copied.
After copying a new image, enter the reload privileged EXEC command to begin using the new image,
or specify the /reload or /force-reload option in the archive copy-sw command.
You can enter one or more of these options with the source-stack-member-number option:
• /destination-system destination-stack-member-number
• /force-reload
• /leave-old-sw
• /no-set-boot
• /overwrite
• /reload
• /safe
If you enter the source-stack-member-number option before one of the previous options, you can enter
only the archive copy-sw source-stack-member-number command.
These are examples of how you can enter the archive copy-sw command:
• To copy the running image from a member to another member and to overwrite the software image
in the second member’s flash memory (if it already exists) with the copied one, enter the archive
copy-sw /destination destination-stack-member-number /overwrite source-stack-member-number
command.
• To copy the running image from a member to another member, keep the current software image, and
reload the system after the image copies, enter the archive copy-sw /destination
destination-stack-member-number /safe /reload source-stack-member-number command.
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