HP VPN Firewall Appliances System Management and Maintenance Command Reference

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If a low-speed storage medium (such as a flash memory) is used, archive the running configuration
manually, or configure automatic archiving with an interval longer than 1440 minutes (24 hours).
If a high-speed storage medium (such as a CF card) is used and the device configuration changes
frequently, set a shorter saving interval.
Examples
# Archive the running configuration.
<Sysname> archive configuration
Warning: Save the running configuration to an archive file. Continue? [Y/N]: Y
Please wait...
Info: The archive configuration file myarchive_1.cfg is saved.
Related commands
archive configuration location
archive configuration interval
Use archive configuration interval to enable automatic running-configuration archiving and set the
archiving interval.
Use undo archive configuration interval to restore the default.
Syntax
archive configuration interval minutes
undo archive configuration interval
Default
The system does not automatically archive the running configuration.
Views
System view
Default command level
3: Manage level
Parameters
minutes: Specifies the interval (in minutes) for automatically saving the running configuration. The value
range is 10 to 525600 (365 days).
Usage guidelines
Before enabling automatic configuration archiving, 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 methods for saving the running configuration as checkpoint references.
Automatic configuration archiving enables the system to automatically save the running configuration to
the archive directory. For more information about the archiving mechanism, see the section about
configuration rollback in Getting Started Guide.
To ensure system performance, follow these guidelines: