Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001336-02, November 2009)

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Configuration file backup
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• FCoE chassis configuration
• licensesDB
• bottleneck configuration
• DMM_WWN
• licenses
• GE blade mode
• Fabric Watch chassis configuration
Switch section
There is always at least one switch section for the default switch or a switch that has Virtual Fabric
mode disabled, and there are additional sections corresponding to each additionally defined
logical switch instance on a switch with Virtual Fabrics mode enabled. These are the switch-specific
data that affect only that logical switch’s behavior. The following components are in the switch
section of the configuration file:
• boot parameters
• configuration
• bottleneck configuration
• FCOE configuration
• zoning
• defined security policies
• active security policies
• iSCSI
• cryptoDev
• FICU saved files
Configuration file backup
In case the configuration is lost or unintentional changes are made, keep a backup copy of the
configuration file. You should keep individual backup files for all switches in the fabric and avoid
copying configurations from one switch to another. The configUpload command, by default, only
uploads the switch context configuration for the logical switch context in which the command is
executed.
In non-Virtual Fabric mode, you must use the configUpload
-all command to include both the
switch and the chassis information. In Virtual Fabric mode, the configUpload
-all command can be
selected to upload all logical switches and the chassis configuration. Only administrators with the
chassis role permission are allowed to upload other FIDs or the chassis configuration.
The following information is not saved in a backup:
• dnsConfig information
• passwords
Before beginning, verify that you can reach the FTP server from the switch. Using a Telnet
connection, save a backup copy of the configuration file from a logical switch to a host computer.