How to download startup configuraton from a remote server on Cisco NX-OS

[Varun Gupta]

I am trying to replace the startup configuration on Cisco Nexus device using a file on remote server. I tried the instructions given at this page:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/4_0/nx-os/fundamentals/configuration/guide2/fun_nx-os_book/fun_config_files.html#wp1236980

So, I tried running command copy tftp://<server-ip-address>/nexus-startup.cfg startup-config and got the following error:

sysmgr_copy_nvram_dest_action: src uri_type = 2 is not supported yet

I tried to copy the file using all the four remote server protocol and got the same error with different URI type. 1 for FTP, 128 for SCP and 512 for SFTP.

The device is a Cisco Nexus 7000 series device with following details:

Software
  BIOS:      version 3.22.0
  kickstart: version 6.1(3)
  system:    version 6.1(3)

Hardware
  cisco Nexus7000 C7010 (10 Slot) Chassis ("Supervisor module-1X")
  Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU         with 8251588 kB of memory.

Please let me know what am I doing wrong and how can I rectify this error.

Thanks in advance!

-Varun

[nkarthikeyan]

Hi,

Can you verify if there is any startup config locks? If so unlock the same and the try it out.

The startup configuration file can be

locked by applications on the switch. To display locks on the startup

configuration file, use the following command:

switch#

show system internal sysmgr startup-config locks

To release a lock on the startup config

uration file, use the following command:

switch#

system startup-config unlock 10

[Paul Bundschuh]

The website you cited was for NXOS 4.x code. I looked up the 6.x version (see link below), and there are differences. The first step is to erase your startup config (write erase), then reload, then try the copying steps.  Or is you cannot reload your box at the moment, maybe you try downloading your remote config to a regular file on your flash, not the startup-config itself. Then somehow work from that file locally.  HTH, paul

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/6_x/nx-os/fundamentals/configuration/guide/b_Cisco_Nexus_7000_Series_NX-OS_Fundamentals_Configuration_Guide_Release_6-x/b_Cisco_Nexus_7000_Series_NX-OS_Fundamentals_Configuration_Guide_Release_6-x_chapter_01000.html#task_1236980

[tuyuq7861]

I know this is very old thread but i ran into same issue. 

First check if startup config has any locks if so please remove it. 

N7K-1# show system internal sysmgr startup-config locks
There are no startup-config locks acquired. (No Locks)

N7K-1#system startup-config unlock (To Unlock )

Drop the configs to bootflash: or flash: and copy it over to startup config.

This works for me. Thanks 

[wim.juste]

Hi Tuyuq,

While removing that startup config lock, can we expect any operational impact? Does it requires/provoke a reload of the system?

Or should it be safe to launch the command during business hours?

Thank you in advance!

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

there is no operational impact.

Do you actually have any locks ? What is the output of:

show system internal sysmgr startup-config locks

[wim.juste]

Thanks for feedback.

Below the actual output:

 show system internal sysmgr startup-config locks
There is 1 acquired startup-config lock:
ID    UUID    REASON
--------------------
743388735   81   Vshd generic error

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

system startup-config unlock 743388735

should fix this...

[wim.juste]

Thanks !

[Benjamin Holmes]

I know this is a very old thread, but it was filed as bug CSCun19522 recently. There is a workaround listed, that is, you copy the file to the bootflash, then from there copy it to the startup-config.

On the up side, you also have a backup of the config on the device bootflash for later!