Perform the following steps to save the existing SBC configuration. The backup file created by this procedure is used to restore the system configuration if reinstallation of the software is needed for any reason.

To reload the SBC configuration, refer to Restoring the SBC Configuration using CLI for guidance.

Note

Restoring the SBC configuration on a SBC SWe Cloud platform is not supported. Instead, load the saved configuration to a new SBC SWe Cloud instance.

 


  1. Log on to SBC CLI. Execute the following command to save the SBC configuration.

    Command Syntax

    % request system admin <SYSTEM NAME> saveConfig


    Command Example

    Example:
    admin@SBCSWE1A> request system admin SBCSWE1 saveConfig
This command will save the current configuration. Do you want to continue [no,yes] yes
result success
reason Configuration Saved as : config_SBCSWE1_20181004_191349.tar.gz
    Note

    This command saves the current configuration to a time-stamped zipped tar file located in /var/log/sonus/sbx/config directory of SBC active server. 

  2. Use SFTP to copy the configuration file from the active server to the remote server. Following is an example to transfer the saved configuration file to a remote linux server.

    Example:
    # sftp -oPort=2024 admin@SBC01a:/var/log/sonus/sbx/config/config_SBC01_20110824_021127.tar.gz /home/bob/SBC01/config
admin@SBC01a's password: <admin>
Connected to SBC01a.
Fetching /var/log/sonus/sbx/config/config_SBC01_20110824_021127.tar.gz to /home/bob/SBC01/config


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