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267 | copy Dell Networking W-Series ArubaOS 6.4.x| Reference Guide
Parameter Description
<destfilename>
Specify the new name of the copied file.
system
Copy the file to the system partition.
usb:
Copy a file from an attached USBdevice to the flash file system.
partition
Specify the partition on the USBdevice.
<filename>
Full name of the file to be copied.
flash:
Copy the file to the flash file system
<destfilename>
Specify the new name of the copied file.
Passwords Secured During FTP Copy
Password are masked when using FTP to copy a file to a remote system. In previous releases, the password was
entered in clear text at the end of the copy command. Starting with ArubaOS 6.4.0.0, the password is masked,
and must be entered in a separate line. If you use scripts to copy files from controllers, scripts used on
controllers running previous releases of ArubaOS must be modified to support this new password behavior.
Old syntax:
(host) #copy running-config ftp: <ftphost> <user> <password> <filename>
New syntax:
(host) #copy running-config ftp: <ftphost> <user> <filename>
Password: <password>
In the following example, the password is entered on the second line, and is displayed in masked text.
(host) #copy running-config ftp: 192.168.1.2 adminuser runconfig
Password: ********
Usage Guidelines
Use this command to save back-up copies of the configuration file to an FTP or TFTP server, or to load a saved
file from an FTP or TFTP server.
Three partitions reside on the file system flash. Totalling 256MB, the three partitions provide space to hold the
system image files (in partitions 1 and 2 which are 45MB each) and user files (in partition 3, which is 165MB).
System software runs on the system partitions; the database, DHCP, startup configuration, and logs are
positioned on the user partition.
To restore a database, copy the database from the network server and import the database.
To restore a configuration file, copy the file from network server to the controller’s flash system then copy the
file from the flash system to the system configuration. This ensures that you do not accidentally overwrite
your system startup configuration file.
Unlike the controller's flash, the USB device has more than two partitions; not just 0 and 1. When copying a file
from a USB device, you must know which partition the target file is on. Use the show storage command to
identify the location of the file to identify the correct USBpartition.
Example
The following commands copy the configuration file named engineering from the TFTP server to the
controller’s flash file system and then uses that file as the startup configuration. This example assumes the