Copy/Save Configuration
When you click Apply on any window, changes that you made to the device configuration settings are stored only in the Running Configuration. To preserve the parameters in the Running Configuration, the Running Configuration must be copied to another configuration type or saved on another device.
| CAUTION |
Unless the Running Configuration is copied to the Startup Configuration or another configuration file, all changes made since the last time the file was copied are lost when the device is rebooted. |
The following combinations of copying internal file types are allowed:
- From the Running Configuration to the Startup Configuration or Backup Configuration.
- From the Startup Configuration to the Running Configuration, Startup Configuration or Backup Configuration.
- From the Backup Configuration to the Running Configuration, Startup Configuration or Backup Configuration.
- From the Mirror Configuration to the Running Configuration, Startup Configuration or Backup Configuration.
To copy one type of configuration file to another type of configuration file:
- Click Administration > File Management > Copy/Save Configuration.
- Select the Source File Name to be copied. Only valid file types are displayed (described in the Files and File Types section).
- Select the Destination File Name to be overwritten by the source file.
- If you are backing up a configuration file, select one of the following formats for the backup file.
- Exclude—Sensitive data is not included in the backup file.
- Encrypted—Sensitive data is included in the backup file in encrypted form.
- Plaintext—Sensitive data is included in the backup file in plain text.
NOTE The available sensitive data options are determined by the current user SSD rules. For details, refer to Secure Sensitive Data Management > SSD Rules page.
- The Save Icon Blinking field indicates whether an icon blinks when there is unsaved data. To disable/enable this feature, click Disable/Enable Save Icon Blinking.
- Click Apply. The file is copied.