R3166-R3206-HP High-End Firewalls System Management and Maintenance Configuration Guide-6PW101

Backing up the configuration file to be used at the

next startup

Backing up the startup configuration file in the web

Configuration file backup allows you to:

• View the configuration file for next startup (including .cfg and .xml files).

• Back up the configuration file for next startup (including .cfg and .xml files) to the PC of the current

user.

Select Device Management > Maintenance from the navigation tree, and click Backup to enter the

configuration file backup page, as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7 Configuration file backup page

• After you click the upper Backup button in this figure, a file download dialog box appears. You can

select to view the .cfg file or to save the file locally.

• After you click the lower Backup button in this figure, a file download dialog box appears. You can

select to view the .xml file or to save the file locally.

Backing up the startup configuration file at the CLI

The backup function allows you to copy the startup configuration file to be used at the next system startup

from the device to the TFTP server.

Follow the step below to back up the startup configuration file to be used at the next system startup:

To do… Use the command…

Remarks

Back up the configuration file to be

used at the next system startup to

the specified TFTP server

backup startup-configuration to

dest-addr [dest- filename ]

Required

Available in user view

NOTE:

Before the backup operation, perform the following steps:

• Make sure that the server is reachable and enabled with TFTP service, and the client has the read and

write permission.

• Use the display startup command (in user view) to check whether you have specified a startup

configuration file to be used at the next startup. If the file is set as NULL or does not exist, the backup

operation fails.