How to backup & restore the configuration of a Cisco Nexus 9000 series device?
Hi Jens,
I believe this can be done either by setting up a (T)FTP server and instruct the router to make a backup or get one from the server, either with a CLI terminal. Method one requires setting up a 3P server. That is an easy thing to do by our customers (we’d typically not do that since access control and security is typically managed by our customers IT teams). Method 2 is not as common tmo, but does not need the deployment of a (T)FTP server.
Of course, we could also include a (T)FTP server with our DataMiner IDP deployment itself and ensure that it is setup in a secure manner. To be discussed together with the PO on how to approach this best. We have D2D communication with the Cisco team as well, so we can include our peers in the conversation and made the optimal choice.
Some details here :https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ios-nx-os-software/ios-software-releases-122-mainline/46741-backup-config.html
There are a number of different ways you can do this.
The most basic way is to use a terminal program and just copy and save the output of the “show running-config” command.
You can also copy the configuration to a TFTP/FTP server if you have one by entering one of the following commands:
copy running-config tftp: all
copy running-config ftp: all
Of course, you can also use the Cisco Nexus driver in DataMiner to trigger the offload of the configuration to an FTP, TFTP, or SFTP server.
These actions can be accessed through the “copy config…” page button on the general page.
If you have the DataMiner Infrastructure Discovery and Provisioning (IDP) app then this app can do this for you in an automated way!