Back Up the Configuration Settings

Overview

Use this procedure to save the configuration settings of your Edge 8000 device to a backup file. The sys-tools config backup command saves the running configuration settings and all components active in the device, including

• Analog Manager - All settings are saved, including SIP User Agent, SIP Gateway, and PRI settings (Does not apply to the Edge 8100 model.)
• 6Wind Router - All settings are saved
  

• SBC SWe Edge VNF—This is a pre-installed KVM virtual machine (VM), so the complete VM, including the complete running configuration, is saved
  

  Note

  You can also save and download the SBC SWe Edge running configuration using the SWe Edge GUI interface.
  

• User Management - Users and Passwords

The backup filename of the command can be prefixed with Alpha, Numeric, and these special characters:

!$%^&*()_-+=

The system appends the filename with cfg_<host-name>_<Edge-8000-sw-version>_<year-month-day-hour.min.sec>.

For example, if

hostname = 8300-EAST-01

Edge 8000 software version = v24.1.0RCbuild.106e640

date = 17 June, 2024

time = 1:08 am and 50 second

then the backup filename is appended with cfg_8300-EAST-01_v24.1.0RCbuild.106e640_2024_2024-06-17-01.08.50

This procedure applies to all Edge 8000 Series devices.

Prerequisites

• System Administrator login access to the Edge 8000 CLI
  
• Physical access to the port associated with the BR2 management bridge (example: port GE 7)
  

Start

1. Connect the management computer to the port associated with the BR2 management bridge (example: port GE 7) at the front of the Edge 8000 device.
   The computer will receive a DHCP IPv4 address on the Edge 8000's management subnet, 192.168.122.0/24. 
   (If the system's management network is reachable from the remote management computer, then SSH directly to the Edge 8000's management address.)
2. Open a secure shell (ssh) session to the system's management IPv4 address. The default IP address is 192.168.122.1.
3. Log in to the Edge 8000 CLI as System Administrator (sysadm) and enter the password.
4. Change permission to root user by entering the command sudo -i. Then enter the sysadm user password.

5. Execute the system tools (sys-tools) command to back up the device.
   Syntax:
   sys-tools config backup <backup_file_name>
The backup file path is /E8000/backup_config/.
   The following example gives the name RL-bkup as the prefix of the backup filename.

   Example

   # sys-tools config backup RL-bkup
   ...
   extract file from SBCSWeEdge  success
   backup file is /E8000/backup_config/RL-bkup_cfg_8300-EAST-01_v24.1.0RCbuild.106e640_2024-06-17-01.08.50.tgz
   # 
   

6. Exit the CLI session and remove the physical connection from the front panel.