How the heck do you backup Cisco Catalyst 1900 firmware?

[onemo]

Looked on cisco website and it tells you all day long on how to upgrade from a tftp server, but not backup the current one. Google gives me a bunch of junk I can't sift thru right now. Any oldschool network admins remember? And no, I don't want to just throw it away. 😉

 

[InlineFive]

Bump because I'm curious too.

 

[nweaver]

why is copy flash: tftp: a nogo?
otherwise, you might be looking at zmodem from rommon

 

[Allanv]

copy nvram tftp://tftp_host's_address/config_name


here ya go a nice page to help you play with it, i still got one as a backup in a rack somewhere 🙂

http://www.vibrantbootcamp.com...tching_Configuring.htm

 

[jlazzaro]

Originally posted by: Allanv
copy nvram tftp://tftp_host's_address/config_name


here ya go a nice page to help you play with it, i still got one as a backup in a rack somewhere 🙂

http://www.vibrantbootcamp.com...tching_Configuring.htm

hes referring to the ios image stored in flash, not the config. none the less, from the site you linked:

Upgrading/ Restoring the IOS for a Catalyst 1900
You can upgrade or restore the IOS, but you can't back it up on Catalyst 1900 switches. To copy an IOS from a TFTP host use the following command.

Syntax:
copy tftp://tftp_host's_address/IOS_filename opcode

Example:
Switch1#copy t<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://192.168.1.70/cat1900EN_9_.bin"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://192.168.1.70/cat1900EN_9_.bin">ftp://192.168.1.70/cat1900EN_9_.bin</a></a> opcode

 

[Allanv]

Originally posted by: jlazzaro

Originally posted by: Allanv
copy nvram tftp://tftp_host's_address/config_name


here ya go a nice page to help you play with it, i still got one as a backup in a rack somewhere 🙂

http://www.vibrantbootcamp.com...tching_Configuring.htm

hes referring to the ios image stored in flash, not the config. none the less, from the site you linked:

Upgrading/ Restoring the IOS for a Catalyst 1900
You can upgrade or restore the IOS, but you can't back it up on Catalyst 1900 switches. To copy an IOS from a TFTP host use the following command.

Syntax:
copy tftp://tftp_host's_address/IOS_filename opcode

Example:
Switch1#copy t<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://192.168.1.70/cat1900EN_9_.bin"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://192.168.1.70/cat1900EN_9_.bin"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://192.168.1.70/cat1900EN_9_.bin">ftp://192.168.1.70/cat1900EN_9_.bin</a></a></a> opcode

Me bad and old and didn't read it correctly thanks for pointing my mistake out. lets hope it help him.

sometimes we all make mistakes and i for one am glad to be mistaken it shows we are human

 

[onemo]

Originally posted by: jlazzaro

hes referring to the ios image stored in flash, not the config. none the less, from the site you linked:

Upgrading/ Restoring the IOS for a Catalyst 1900
You can upgrade or restore the IOS, but you can't back it up on Catalyst 1900 switches. To copy an IOS from a TFTP host use the following command.

Syntax:
copy tftp://tftp_host's_address/IOS_filename opcode

Example:
Switch1#copy t<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://192.168.1.70/cat1900EN_9_.bin"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://192.168.1.70/cat1900EN_9_.bin"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="ftp://192.168.1.70/cat1900EN_9_.bin">ftp://192.168.1.70/cat1900EN_9_.bin</a></a></a> opcode

Not being able to back it up kinda sucks...