03-30-2007 11:39 AM - edited 03-05-2019 03:12 PM
I am removing configurations off of old cisco switches. Is there possibly a way to recover a configuration after it has been deleted? Is there a special procedure for cleaning switches so that nobody can recover old data?
03-30-2007 11:42 AM
Hi
U can backup ur configuration to the tftp server.after removing the configurations u an still restore them from tftp server.
u can erase u r nvram to permanently delte the configuration.
Thanks
Mahmood
03-30-2007 11:46 AM
I don't need to keep the configurations, I want to make sure that nobody else can recover them.
03-30-2007 11:50 AM
Hi
Just erase ur nvram and reload the switches.the switch is going to factory default settings.No one will be able to recover it.
Thanks
Mahmood
03-30-2007 12:01 PM
Thanks Mahmood.
I was pretty sure that by erasing the file nobody would be able to recover any of the old configurations. I just wanted to make sure.
03-30-2007 01:22 PM
If you switch support this command.
"no service password-recovery"
03-31-2007 03:38 AM
I would check flash, bootflash,slot0, disk 0 etc and make sure no one saved any configs in there , if they did then you must delete and squeeze if needed . Write erase will get rid of the current config but a lot of times people will download configs in flash for different reasons .
03-30-2007 02:50 PM
Write erase should permanently dump configuration stored in nvram.
If you need to wipe configurations/files that were stored to flash you should use the squeeze command.
squeeze device: (Example, flash:)
03-30-2007 03:28 PM
That is, once the files have been deleted.
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