Managing Switch Configuration Backups
You can back up configurations on one or more switches or entire fabrics on a daily or weekly basis or on demand. You can view, delete, and export these backups, change the retention period, designate a backup as a baseline, and compare two configurations. Configuration backups are stored in the SANnav Management Portal repository; however, you can save backups to an offline location and restore them to switches based on need.
To manage configuration backups, you must have Configuration File Manager privilege with read-write permission.
SANnav Management Portal allows you to take configuration backups of one or more switches or entire fabrics. Switch configuration backups can be scheduled on daily or weekly basis, or can be created on demand. You can save backups to an offline location or restore them to the switches based on need.
The first configuration backup for a switch is automatically designated as the baseline, but you can designate a different backup as the baseline.
1. Click the Settings icon (
), and then select SAN Monitoring >
Configuration and Operations Monitoring Policy. 2. Click Repository to display a list of the configuration backups.
In the table, note the following:
◦ The Type column indicates Chassis or Switch. A Chassis is the chassis for a Virtual-Fabrics-enabled switch. A Switch is a logical switch or a switch in which Virtual Fabrics is not enabled.
◦ The IP address for a logical switch displays the Fabric ID in brackets after the address.
◦ The Backup Type column indicates how the backup was triggered.
3. To designate a configuration as a baseline, click the down arrow next to the configuration and select Select Baseline.
Baseline configurations are kept indefinitely. A switch can have only one baseline configuration.
4. To change the retention period for a configuration backup, click the down arrow next to the configuration and select one of the following options:
◦ To retain a backup indefinitely, select Keep.
◦ To delete a backup after the configured retention period (30 days or 90 days), select Do Not Keep.
◦ To delete a backup immediately, select Delete
5. To export a configuration file, click the down arrow next to the configuration and select Export.
The configuration is written to a text file and downloaded to your local machine.
6. To compare two configurations for the same switch, select two backups and click Compare.
You can compare backups only from the same switch. You cannot compare backups from different switches.
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