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Configuration file management commands
The following matrix shows the storage medium for configuration files on different firewalls and UTM
devices:
Hardware Stora
g
e medium
F1000-A-EI/F1000-S-EI flash0
F1000-E cfa0
F5000 cfa0
Firewall module cfa0
U200-A cfa0
U200-S cfa0
All examples in this chapter use the storage medium cfa0.
archive configuration
Use archive configuration to manually archive the running configuration to the configuration archive
directory.
Syntax
archive configuration
Views
User view
Default command level
3: Manage level
Usage guidelines
Before manually archiving the running configuration, complete the following tasks:
1. Create a directory for saving configuration archives.
2. Use the archive configuration location command to specify the directory as the configuration
archive directory and specify an archive name prefix.
Configuration archive is a function that facilitates configuration rollback. It provides the manual and
automatic approaches to saving the running configuration as checkpoint references. For more
information about the archiving mechanism, see the section about configuration rollback in Getting
Started Guide.
To avoid decreasing system performance, follow these guidelines:
• If the device configuration does not change frequently, manually archive the running configuration
as needed.
• If a low-speed storage medium (such as a Flash) is used, archive the running configuration manually,
or configure automatic archiving with an interval longer than 1440 minutes (24 hours).