Backing Up and Restoring Configuration

Backing Up Configuration

Save running-config to NVRAM
Router>ena
Router#copy run start

Copy running-config to remote TFTP server

Router#copy run tftp

IP address of TFTP server
Address or name of remote host[ ]?192.168.0.1 IP address of TFTP server

Name to use for file saved on TFTP server
Destination Filename [Backup-confg]?

Each bang symbol (!) = 1 datagram of data


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

512 bytes copied in 6.1 secs

File has been transferred successfully

Router#

Restoring Configuration

Copy configuration file from TFTP server to DRAM

Router#copy tftp run

IP address of TFTP server

Address or name of remote host[ ]?192.168.0.1

Enter the name of the file you want to retrieve

Source filename [ ]?Backup-config
Destination filename [running-config]?

Accessing tftp://192.168.119.20/Denver-confg...
Loading Backup-config from 192.168.0.1
(via Fast Ethernet 1/0):

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[OK-512 bytes]
512 bytes copied in 6.3 secs

File has been transferred successfully

Denver#

Note:

You can also use the above sequence for a "copy tftp start" command sequence.