HP StorageWorks 4/16 SAN Switch how to backup

[Piotr Staszewski]

Hi,

I would like to create backup of HP StorageWorks 4/16 SAN Switch.

I' ve checked:
configDownload Load switch config from a server

configShow Print switch config parameters

but it seems to not be able to save zoning informations.

Am I wrong? or there is other command to create full dump of configuration.

[Patrick Terlisten · Accepted solution]

Hello,

you can access the switch administrator by the webinterface. Click the "show advanced mode" button an navigate to "configure". On the bottom of the screen you will find a tab with the name "Upload/ Download".

The zoning is included in this file.

Regards,
Patrick

[Piotr Staszewski]

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you can access the switch administrator by the webinterface. Click the "show advanced mode" button an navigate to "configure". On the bottom of the screen you will find a tab with the name "Upload/ Download".

The zoning is included in this file.
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hm.. forgot to tell - only ssh/console access is possible.

From my point of view it would be best to automate this backup (every night?) so any web interface is not an option (unfortunately).

[Uwe Zessin]

> help configupload

Brocade has a download area which, I think, contains code for automation, but I don't have a link, sorry - I put the command in a .TXT file and after I've made the change I simply cut&paste.

[Piotr Staszewski]

thx Uwe.

I've checked configShow, and there was no information about zoning. I thought that other config* commands will provide same info as configShow and (to be honest) I didn't check it.


Of course configUpload/configDownload seems to contain zoning informations and should be enough for disaster recovery.

[Piotr Staszewski]

configUpload/configDownload is the answer

[Uwe Zessin]

In addition to a configupload I sometimes save a copy of "cfgshow" output.