HP VPN Firewall Appliances System Management and Maintenance Configuration Guide
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The configuration archive function was developed to facilitate configuration rollback. This function
enables the system to automatically save the running configuration at regular intervals.
Configuration task list
Task Remarks
Configuring configuration archive parameters Required.
• Enabling automatic configuration archiving
• Manually archiving running configuration
Required.
Use either method.
Performing configuration rollback Required.
Configuring configuration archive parameters
Before archiving the running configuration, either manually or automatically, you must configure a file
directory and file name prefix for configuration archives.
Configuration archives are saved with the file name format prefix_serial number.cfg, for example,
20080620archive_1.cfg and 20080620archive_2.cfg. The serial number is automatically assigned from
1 to 1000, increasing by 1. After the serial number reaches 1000, it restarts from 1.
After you change the file directory or file name prefix, or reboot the device, the old configuration archives
are regarded as common configuration files, the configuration archive counter resets, and the display
archive configuration command does not display them. The serial number for new configuration archives
starts from 1.
After the maximum number of configuration archives is reached, the system deletes the oldest archive for
the new archive.
To configure configuration archive parameters:
Ste
p
Command
Remarks
1. Create the configuration
archive directory.
See "Managing the file system." N/A
2. Enter system view.
system-view N/A
3. Configure the directory and
file name prefix for archiving
the running configuration.
archive configuration location
directory filename-prefix
filename-prefix
By default, no path or file name
prefix is set for configuration
archives, and the system does
not regularly save configuration.
IMPORTANT:
The undo form of this command
disables both manual and
automatic configuration
archiving, restores the default
settings for the archive
configuration interval and
archive configuration max
commands, and deletes all
saved configuration archives.