Configuration manual

318 | Configuration Replace and Rollback
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Configuring Configuration Replace and Rollback
Configuring Configuration Replace and Rollback is a three-step process:
1. Enable the archive service. See page 318.
2. Archive a running-configuration. See page 319.
3. Replace the running-configuration with an archived configuration. See page 319.
Related Configuration Tasks
• Configuring an Archive File Maximum on page 321
• Configuring Auto-archive on page 322
• Copying and Deleting an Archive File on page 323
• Viewing and Editing the Contents of an Archive File on page 323
Important Points to Remember
• FTOS automatically locks CONFIGURATON mode during the replace and rollback operation; see
Lock CONFIGURATION mode on page 74. Therefore, when using this feature, no other user may be
in CONFIGURATION mode. The lock is released when the replace or rollback operation is complete.
• Configuration Replace and Rollback cannot remove some FTOS configuration statements. See the
release notes for your FTOS version for details.
Enabling the Archive Service
Before you can archive a configuration, you must enter ARCHIVE mode using the command archive from
CONFIGURATION mode, as shown in Figure 13-1. This enables the archiving service. If you do not
enable the archive service, Message 1 appears when you attempt to archive a configuration.
Figure 13-1. Entering Archive Mode
Message 1 Archive Service Error Message
% Warning: archive service is not enabled yet.
Force10#archive config
% Warning: archive service is not enabled yet.
Force10#config
Force10(conf)#archive
Force10(conf-archive)#exit
Force10(conf)#exit
Force10#archive config
configuration archived as archive_1
Force10#