Vlan.dat backup in 6513 catos

[rangaswamy.gb]

How we can take backup of vlan.dat and config using tftp in catos based 6513 switch

[Collin Clark]

You need to find where the file is. You can try a dir /all. Then copy from that disk to your tftp server.

SWITCH12#dir /all

Directory of disk0:/

1 -rw- 107998 Feb 24 2008 23:23:58 -06:00 running-config

2 -rw- 5716 Feb 24 2008 23:25:18 -06:00 vlan.dat

6 -rw- 78316036 Jan 29 2009 12:52:10 -06:00 s72033-advipservicesk9_wan-mz.122-33.SXH4.bin

SWITCH12#copy disk0: tftp:

Source filename []? vlan.dat

Address or name of remote host []? 10.1.2.17

Destination filename [vlan.dat]?

[rangaswamy.gb]

PGI_6513> (enable) dir /all

No such file

25939972 bytes available (6041596 bytes used)

PGI_6513> (enable) copy disk0: tftp:

Invalid file id disk0:

PGI_6513> (enable)

[Collin Clark]

Try just dir

[Edison Ortiz]

Unlike Native IOS, the vlan information is visible in the running configuration on any VTP mode so if you are backing up the running configuration, you are also backing up the Vlan information from the switch.

On Native IOS, the Vlan information is only visible in the running config while the VTP mode is set to transparent.

And the command to backup the config is:

copy config tftp

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/catos/8.x/command/reference/d_cmd.html#wp1025320

HTH,

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Edison.

[rangaswamy.gb]

PGI_6513> (enable) dir

-#- -length- -----date/time------ name

1 6041468 May 06 2005 03:35:42 cat6000-sup2k8.7-1-2.bin

25939972 bytes available (6041596 bytes used)

PGI_6513> (enable) pwd

bootflash

PGI_6513> (enable) cd slot0:

PGI_6513> (enable) pwd

slot0

PGI_6513> (enable) dir

error = -8

Open device slot0 failed (no device)

PGI_6513> (enable) cd nvram:

Invalid device

PGI_6513> (enable)