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4-4 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
Publication Number: 53-0000518-09
Maintaining Configurations
4
Restoring Configurations in a FICON
Environment
If the switch is operating in a FICON CUP environment, and the ASM (active=saved) bit is set on, then
the switch ignores the IPL file downloaded when you restore a configuration. Table 4-1 describes this
behavior in more detail.
If fmsmode is enabled in a configuration file, but is disabled on the switch, the configdownload
command fails and displays an error message. This prevents undesirable conditions that could result
from enabling fmsmode on a switch that does not require it.
Table 4-1 Backup and Restore in a FICON CUP Environment
ASM bit Command Description
on or off configupload All the files saved in file access facility are uploaded to
the management workstation. A section in the uploaded
configuration file labeled FICON_CUP is in an
encoded format.
on configdownload Files saved on the switch that are also present in the
FICON_CUP section of the configuration file
are overwritten.
Files in the FICON section of configuration file that are
not currently present on the switch are saved.
The IPL file is not replaced, because active=saved mode
is on. A warning message is displayed in the syslog to
warn that the IPL file is not being overwritten.
off configdownload Files saved on the switch that are also present in the
FICON_CUP section of the configuration file
are overwritten.
Files in the FICON section of configuration file that are
not currently present on the switch are saved.
The IPL file is replaced, because active=saved mode
is off.