Cisco Flash backup

[Aleksandar Nikolic]

Hi all,

I want to backup everything that is on a flash card of our VOIP PBX. So far found that copy flash: tftp: I need to specify filename that I want to be copied. Can I somehow copy entire flash card?

Also if I want to save my configuration, I need to save it on a flash card, and it is not the same procedure like without flash card. Can you please tell me how to save changes on flash card?

Thanks.

[Charles Hill]

Hello Aleksandar,

I use a usb card reader to copy all files on a flash.

Connect a usb card reader to your laptop.  Insert flash card into card reader, highlight and copy.

"Also if I want to save my configuration, I need to save it on a flash card"

copy startup-config flash:backupconfig

or

copy running-config flash:backupconfig

Hope this helps,

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Thanks.

[moyo oyegunle]

You can use IOS's compress functionality

e.g

router# archive tar  /create tftp://ip address/backup flash:

In theory this should archive everything on your flash and create an archive on said tftp server called backup.(Not sure I wrote the command correctly but there is contextual help in IOS)