Backing up the configuration

About this task

Back up the configuration on a regular basis to ensure that a complete configuration is available for downloading to a replacement switch. Perform the following steps:

Procedure

Log on to the device as the admin user.
Back up the device configuration to an FTP server by entering the configUpload command as shown in the following example.
```
E_Cassian_146155_C5c:FID128:admin> configupload
Protocol (scp, ftp, sftp, local) [ftp]:
Server Name or IP Address [host]: 10.154.5.40
User Name [user]: anonymous
Path/Filename [(home dir>/config.txt]: dumps/supportsaves/amol/fos9k/jakku/cass-d155-vf-bld85
Section (all|chassis|FID# [all]):


configUpload complete: All selected config parameters are uploaded
2020/03/05-23:57:59, [CONF-1001], 130, FID 128, INFO, E_Cassian_146155_C5c, configUpload completed successfully for all.
          
```
This command uploads the device configuration to the server, making it available for downloading to a replacement device if necessary.
Note: If Virtual Fabrics (VF) is enabled, you need to use the configupload -vf command only once to upload configuration for the virtual fabric (all logical switches configured on the device). You might want to refer to the discussion of configupload/download in the Fabric OS Administration Guide, 9.0x.