User guide

Chapter 9: Administration Menu and Forms 91
The Type pull-down menu options on this form are FTP and Storage Device. If Storage Device is
selected, the storage device can be a CompactFlash drive.
NOTE: Use an FTP server to save and retrieve your console server configuration. For the backup configuration
to work, the FTP server must be on the same subnet. Ensure that it is accessible from the console server by
pinging the FTP server. Use a storage device such as a CompactFlash drive to save your configuration...
To back up or restore the configuration files using an FTP server:
1. Go to Administration - Backup Config in Expert mode.
2. Select FTP from the Type pull-down menu.
3. Enter the IP address of the FTP server in the Server IP field.
4. Enter the directory path on the FTP server where you have write permissions in the Path and
Filename field. Enter the filename after the directory path. For example,
/upload/
zvmppccs.0720_qa.ccs-k26
.
5. Enter the user name and password provided by your system administrator for the FTP server.
Table 9.3: Backup Configuration Settings if Using FTP Server
Field Definition
Server IP IP address of an FTP server on the same subnet as the console server. (Verify
accessibility by pinging the FTP server.)
Path and Filename Path of a directory on the FTP server where you have write access for saving the
backup copy of the configuration file. Specify a filename if you wish to save the
file under another name. For example, to save the configuration file
zvmppccs.0720_qa.ccs-k26 in a directory called /upload on the FTP server, you
would enter the following in the Path and Filename field:
/upload/zvmppccs.0720_qa.ccs-k26
Username and Password Obtain the user name and password to use from the FTP server’s administrator.
Save Saves the configuration.
Load Downloads a previously saved copy of the configuration file from the
selected device.
Table 9.4: Backup Configuration if Using Storage Device
Field Name Definition
Default Configuration The system saves the configuration in the storage device but does not override
the internal Flash configuration after reboot.
Replace Configuration The system saves the configuration in the storage device with a flag REPLACE
used by the RESTORECONF utility to override the internal Flash configuration
after reboot.