How to Backup and Restore Running-config using TFTP – Cisco Routers
Dated : May 12, 2009
There is a lot of automated config backup solutions available for free/opensource. Its worth knowing a manual backup procedure as well.
Here we will discuss a simple backup procedure using a TFTP server. However, it is important to note it is not secure to use a TFTP server.
Backup Running-config using TFTP
ciscorouter# copy running-config tftp: Address or name of remote host []? 192.168.1.111 Destination filename [ciscorouter-confg]? ciscorouter_20080130 !! 2456 bytes copied in 3.124 secs (395 bytes/sec)
That copies the running-config onto a file the TFTP Server at 192.168.1.111 and we have a backup that can be restored any time.
Restore the config back to the running-config
Remove the lines that starts with “AAA” to remove the security commands and avoid yourself being locked out.
ciscorouter# copy tftp: running-config Address or name of remote host []? 192.168.1.111 Source filename []? ciscorouter_20080130 Destination filename [running-config]? Accessing tftp://192.168.1.111/ciscorouter_20080130… Loading ciscorouter_20080130 from 102.168.1.111 (via FastEthernet1/0/1): ! [OK - 2456 bytes] 2456 bytes copied in 6.024 secs (112 bytes/sec)
That restores the config backup file named “ciscorouter_20080130″ to the running-config.
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