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Perform the following steps to save the existing 

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

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   admin@SBC01a> request system admin SBC01 saveConfig This command will save the current configuration. Do you want to continue (yes/no) yes Proceeding result success reason Configuration Saved as /var/log/sonus/sbx/config/config_SBC01_20110824_021127.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 (default login/password is sftpadmin/sftpadmin) 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.

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

   Note
   The backup file created by this procedure is used to restore the system configuration if re-installation of the software is needed for any reason. To reload the configuration, see Restoring the SBC Configuration for guidance.