Password recovery for cisco catalayst 3850 switch

[luckinvitesu]

Any one knows  the  step by step password recovery procedure for cisco 3850 switch.

Thanks...

[Mark Malone]

yes heres the doc ---go to Recovering from a Lost or Forgotten Password

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3850/software/release/3se/system_management/configuration_guide/b_sm_3se_3850_cg/b_sm_3se_3850_cg_chapter_01110.html#task_1021182

[luckinvitesu]

With the given procedure I will loose the existing configuration. I don't want to loose the existing configuration of the switch.

[Mark Malone]

you shouldn't your writing running config to startup config