HP 6125G HP 6125G & 6125G/XG Blade Switches Fundamentals Command Refer - Page 109

Configuration file management commands, archive configuration

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Configuration file management commands archive configuration Syntax View archive configuration User view Default level 3: Manage level Parameters None Description Use archive configuration to manually archive the running configuration to the configuration archive directory. Before manually archiving the running configuration, complete the following tasks: 1. Create a directory for saving configuration archives. 2. Use the archive configuration location command to specify the directory as the configuration archive directory and specify an archive name prefix. Configuration archive is a function that facilitates configuration rollback. It provides the manual and automatic approaches to saving the running configuration as checkpoint references. For more information about the archiving mechanism, see the section about configuration rollback in Fundamentals Configuration Guide. To avoid decreasing system performance, follow these guidelines: • If the device configuration does not change frequently, manually archive the running configuration as needed. • If a low-speed storage media (such as a Flash) is used, archive the running configuration manually, or configure automatic archiving with an interval longer than 1440 minutes (24 hours). Examples # Archive the running configuration. archive configuration Warning: Save the running configuration to an archive file. Continue? [Y/N]: Y Please wait... Info: The archive configuration file myarchive_1.cfg is saved. archive configuration interval Syntax archive configuration interval minutes 102

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Configuration file management commands
archive configuration
Syntax
archive configuration
View
User view
Default level
3: Manage level
Parameters
None
Description
Use
archive configuration
to manually archive the running configuration to the configuration archive
directory.
Before manually archiving the running configuration, complete the following tasks:
1.
Create a directory for saving configuration archives.
2.
Use the
archive configuration location
command to specify the directory as the configuration
archive directory and specify an archive name prefix.
Configuration archive is a function that facilitates configuration rollback. It provides the manual and
automatic approaches to saving the running configuration as checkpoint references. For more
information about the archiving mechanism, see the section about configuration rollback in
Fundamentals Configuration Guide
.
To avoid decreasing system performance, follow these guidelines:
If the device configuration does not change frequently, manually archive the running configuration
as needed.
If a low-speed storage media (such as a Flash) is used, archive the running configuration manually,
or configure automatic archiving with an interval longer than 1440 minutes (24 hours).
Examples
# Archive the running configuration.
<Sysname> archive configuration
Warning: Save the running configuration to an archive file. Continue? [Y/N]: Y
Please wait...
Info: The archive configuration file myarchive_1.cfg is saved.
archive configuration interval
Syntax
archive configuration interval
minutes