Though it is a proactive measure, it is important to configure and take backup of your SAN switch configuration to avoid any unexpected outages to your business. We have been working on Brocade SAN for quite some time now and we don't see any better tool than it's native config backup command configupload/configdownload. As part of standard configuration maintenance procedures, Brocade also recommends to keep backup of important configuration data for every switch on a host computer server as a safety measure.
The configshow -all output will show you the configuration information of a switch, while configupload -all command will help you to save your switch information along with all details which will help you to recover the system.
Configuration details which we capture using configupload -all has two main sections, chassis section and switch section. while chassis sections defines configuration data for chassis components that affect the entire system, switch section contains zoning information, boot configuration etc.
We should keep individual backup files for all switches with in a fabric and the config-file has to be uploaded to a site from where we can download it easily. we basically use the management server itself for configuration backup. The configupload command, by default, only uploads the switch context configuration for the logical switch context in which the command is executed.
As a prerequisite, make sure that the switch can reach the management server and FTP is enabled on that server. Once you are done with the pre-checks, the actual process begins,
1.Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions(default is admin).
2.Enter configUpload command.
Example of configUpload on a brocade SAN switch,
Store a copy of the switch configuration information in a safe place for future use.
The configshow -all output will show you the configuration information of a switch, while configupload -all command will help you to save your switch information along with all details which will help you to recover the system.
Configuration details which we capture using configupload -all has two main sections, chassis section and switch section. while chassis sections defines configuration data for chassis components that affect the entire system, switch section contains zoning information, boot configuration etc.
We should keep individual backup files for all switches with in a fabric and the config-file has to be uploaded to a site from where we can download it easily. we basically use the management server itself for configuration backup. The configupload command, by default, only uploads the switch context configuration for the logical switch context in which the command is executed.
As a prerequisite, make sure that the switch can reach the management server and FTP is enabled on that server. Once you are done with the pre-checks, the actual process begins,
1.Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions(default is admin).
2.Enter configUpload command.
Example of configUpload on a brocade SAN switch,
Switch01:admin> configuploadThe above example was an interactive mode. if you want the upload in a non-interactive manner, try the following.
Protocol (scp, ftp, sftp, local) [ftp]:
Server Name or IP Address [host]: 192.168.1.10
User Name [user]: sanadmin
Path/Filename [/config.txt]: switchConfigbkp.txt
Section (all|chassis|FID# [all]):
Password:
configUpload complete
Switch01:admin> configupload -ftp 192.168.1.10,sanadmin,switch-conf_backup.cfg, password
configUpload complete: All config parameters are uploaded
Store a copy of the switch configuration information in a safe place for future use.
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