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Jan
8
2010

How to use archive command to save configuration

In a large/critical network, it is fundamental backup the Cisco configuration for two reasons: Rollback configuration Restore configuration in case of a broken router There are two ways to backup: manually (using write command each time that you would save running configuration) or automatically (using software like Ciscoworks, HP OpenView, … ). In this tutorial, I would explain a different method to backup configuration: the archive command. Introduced into Cisco IOS Release 12.3(4)T, the archive command permits to save a copy of the current running configuration to different path: ftp, http, https, rcp, scp, tftp servers. Moreover the archive command has [...]