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114 HP StorageWorks 2/8q Fibre Channel Switch Management User Guide
Backing up a switch configuration
Backing up and restoring a configuration is useful to protect your work or for use as a template
in configuring other switches. The Config Backup command creates a file on the switch,
named configdata. This file can be used to restore a switch configuration only from the
command line interface; it cannot be used to restore a switch using Switch Manager.
2/8q FC Switch #> admin start
2/8q FC Switch (admin) #> config backup
The configdata file contains all of the switch configuration information including the
following:
■ All named switch configurations including the default configuration. This includes port,
switch, port threshold alarm, and zoning configuration components.
■ All SNMP and network information defined with the Set Setup command.
■ The zoning database included all zone sets, zones, and aliases.
Use FTP to download the configdata file to your workstation for safe keeping and to
upload the file back to the switch for the restore function. To download the configdata file,
open an FTP session on the switch and login with the account name images and password
images. Transfer the file in binary mode using the Get command as shown:
>ftp ip_address
user:images
password: images
ftp>bin
ftp>get configdata
xxxxx bytes sent in xx secs.
ftp>quit
You should rename the configdata file on your workstation with the switch name and date,
config_switch_169_10112003, for example.