Backup, Restore and Upgrades

Use the following commands for backup, restores and upgrades:

Command Description
copy running-config startup-config Saves the running configuration to startup configuration
copy running-config tftp Copies the running configuration to a TFTP server
copy startup-config tftp Copies the startup configuration to a TFTP server
copy tftp: running-config Copies the configuration from a TFTP server to the device
copy running-config flash:<file-name> Copies the configuration to flash
copy {tftp: | ftp:} flash: Copies a new IOS image to the device using TFTP or FTP

The output below shows the running config being backed up to the startup config.

North0fficeRouter¢copy running-config startup-config
Destination filename [startup-config]?
Building configuration.
[OK]
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