Connectrix Brocade B-Series SANnav: Switch configuration backup and restore

Backing Up Switch and Logical Fabric Configurations:
You can back up switch and logical fabric configurations on-demand. You can also set up a schedule for backing up switch configurations on a set schedule. In addition to the basic daily, weekly, monthly, or manual backup, you can enable or disable backups that are created when specific events occur in the switches.

You must have the Configuration File Manager privilege with read permission to back up a configuration on-demand and with read/write permission to schedule a backup.

1. Click SANnav in the navigation bar, and then select SAN Monitoring > Configuration and Operations Monitoring Policy.
2. Click Backup. The Switch Backup Configurations window displays.

3. Set up a schedule for future backups, immediate backups, or create a backup when specific events occur.

• If you want to set up a regular schedule for backups, select Schedule Backup and fill out the backup schedule.
• If you want to back up a configuration immediately, click Backup Now.
• If you want to create backups when specific events occur in the switches, select the Enable Event-triggered Backups checkbox and click Save. Event-triggered backups are generated for both the Schedule Backup and Backup Now options.

Restoring Chassis, Logical Fabric, and Switch Configurations:
When you restore a configuration file, you overwrite the existing configuration with a previously saved backup configuration file. Before you can restore a configuration to a switch, you must have at least one previously saved configuration for that switch.

You must have the Configuration File Manager privilege with read/write permission.
 

1. Click SANnav in the navigation bar, and then select SAN Monitoring > Configuration and Operations Monitoring Policy.
2. Click Repository to display a list of the configuration backups. The Backup Configurations window displays.
3. To restore the chassis, logical fabric, and switch configurations to the same switch all at once, perform the following steps:
   1. Select the chassis, logical fabric, and switch configurations whose configuration you want to restore, and click Restore. The Restore Switch Configurations window displays. This operation reboots the switch, disables all ports on the switch, and also disrupts the traffic going through the switch.

2. Click OK in the confirmation window, and then click Done.

4. To restore the switch, chassis, or logical fabric configuration of a missing switch to multiple applicable switches, perform the following steps:
   1. Select By Other from the By Fabric drop-down list. The backup entries for all missing switches are displayed.

 

5. 1. Click the down arrow in the far right column of a switch, and select Restore. The Restore Switch Configurations window displays. This window displays the list of switches to which you can restore the configuration. This window displays all applicable switches that are based on the type of backup entry, the switch model, and the version.
   2. Select the switch and select OK. This operation replaces the current configuration on the switch and reboots the switch.

3. Click OK in the confirmation window to trigger the restore operation. You can view the progress dialog, and then click Done.

Managing Switch Configuration Backups:
You can back up configurations on one or more switches or entire fabrics on a daily or weekly basis or on-demand.

You can view, delete, and export these backups, change the retention period, designate a backup as a baseline, and compare two configurations. Configuration backups are stored in the SANnav Management Portal repository; however, you can save backups to an offline location and restore them to switches as needed.

The first configuration backup for a switch is automatically designated as the baseline, but you can designate a different backup as the baseline.

To manage configuration backups, you must have the Configuration File Manager privilege with read/write permission.

1. Click SANnav in the navigation bar, and then select SAN Monitoring > Configuration and Operations Monitoring Policy. The Backup Configurations window displays.
2. Click Repository to display a list of the configuration backups.

3. To designate a configuration as a baseline, click the down arrow next to the configuration and select Select Baseline. Baseline configurations are kept indefinitely. A switch can have only one baseline configuration for each backup type.
4. To change the retention period for a configuration backup, click the down arrow next to the configuration and select one of the following options:

• To retain a backup indefinitely, select Keep.
• To delete a backup after the configured retention period (30 or 90 days), select Do Not Keep.
• To delete a backup immediately, select Delete.

5. To export a configuration file, click the down arrow next to the configuration and select Export. The configuration is written to a text file and downloaded to your local machine.
6. To compare two configurations for the same switch, select two backups and click Compare. You can compare backups only from the same switch and from the same type. You cannot compare backups from different switches.

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