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Configuration File Copy
When you click Apply on any window, changes that you made to the device configuration settings
are stored only in the Running Configuration. To preserve the parameters in the Running
Configuration, the Running Configuration must be copied to another configuration type or saved
on another device.
CAUTION
—
Unless the Running Configuration is copied to the Startup Configuration or another
configuration file, all changes made since the last time the file was copied are lost when the
device is rebooted.
The following combinations of copying internal file types are allowed:
•
From the Running Configuration to the Startup Configuration or Backup Configuration.
•
From the Startup Configuration to the Running Configuration or Backup Configuration.
•
From the Backup Configuration to the Running Configuration, Startup Configuration.
To copy one type of configuration file to another type of configuration file
:
1. Click
Maintenance > File Management > Configuration File Copy
.
2. Select the Source File to be copied. Only valid file types are displayed (described in the
Files and File Types section).
3. Select the Destination File to be overwritten by the source file.
4. Click
Apply
. The file is copied.