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Switch Memory and Configuration

Multiple Configuration Files

Renaming an Existing Startup-Config File

Syntax: rename config < current-filename > < newname-str >

This command changes the name of an existing startup-

config file. A file name can include up to 63, alphanumeric

characters. Blanks are allowed in a file name enclosed in

quotes (“ “ or ‘ ‘). (File names are not case-sensitive.)

For redundant management systems, renaming a config file

affects both the active management module and the standby

management module, unless redundancy is disabled or the

standby module failed selftest.

Creating a New Startup-Config File

The switch allows up to three startup-config files. You can create a new

startup-config file if there is an empty memory slot or if you want to replace

one startup-config file with another.

Syntax: copy config < source-filename > config < target-filename >

This command makes a local copy of an existing startup-

config file by copying the contents of an existing startup-

config file in one memory slot to a new startup-config file in

another, empty memory slot. This enables you to use a sepa-

rate configuration file to experiment with configuration

changes, while preserving the source file unchanged. It also

simplifies a transition from one software version to another

by enabling you to preserve the startup-config file for the

earlier software version while creating a separate startup-

config file for the later software version. With two such

versions in place, you can easily reboot the switch with the

correct startup-config file for either software version.

• If the destination startup-config file already exists, it is

overwritten by the content of the source startup-config file.

• If the destination startup-config file does not already exist,

it will be created in the first empty configuration memory

slot on the switch.

• If the destination startup-config file does not already exist,

but there are no empty configuration memory slots on the

switch, then a new startup-config file is not created and

instead, the CLI displays the following error message:

Unable to copy configuration to “< target-filename >”.

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HP ProCurve Management And Configuration Guide

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