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Archive files created by the all option are larger than files created by the
critical option. The file size depends on the files in the user area, and the
file can be quite large if the user area contains image files.
The backup command places the boot configuration file into the archive.
(The boot configuration file is the Configured boot configuration in the
display boot command’s output.) If the running configuration contains
changes that have not been saved, these changes are not in the boot
configuration file and are not archived. To make sure the archive contains
the configuration that is currently running on the switch, use the
save config command to save the running configuration to the boot
configuration file, before using the backup command.
Examples — The following command creates an archive of the
system-critical files and copies the archive directly to a TFTP server. The
filename in this example includes a TFTP server IP address, so the archive is
not stored locally on the switch.
WX1200#
backup system tftp:/10.10.20.9/sysa_bak critical
success: sent 28263 bytes in 0.324 seconds [ 87231 bytes/sec]
Table 112 describes the fields.
See Also
dir on page 670
restore on page 684
Table 112 Output for backup
Field Description
[tftp:/ip
-addr/]fil
ename
Name of the archive file to create. You can store the file locally in the
switch’s nonvolatile storage or on a TFTP server.
all Backs up system files and all the files in the user files area.
The user files area contains the set of files listed in the file section of dir
command output.
critical Backs up system files only, including the configuration file used when
booting, and certificate files. The size of an archive created by this option
is generally 1MB or less.