Backup Cisco Router or Switch in a Text File
Step1: create a text file in C:\ drive or your preferred drive and name it like switch-config.txt or your preferred name.
Step2: open command prompt and type as follows
Telnet –F c:\switch-config.txt IP-Address-of-switch
switch>Enable
provide privilege password
#Terminal Length 0
#Show run
#Show start
#show vlan brief
Now you can exit from telnet and go to c:\ drive and open switch-config.txt to view switch/router config.
Backing Up Configuration in TFTP Server
[Router name] #copy run tftp
Address or name of remote host []? X.X.X.X (the ip address of TFTP server)
Destination filename [routername-confg]? /CiscoBackup/router1.cfg (Total path and hit enter)
Restoring a configuration from TFTP Server
[router name]# show run
[router name]#copy tftp run
Address or name of remote host []?X.X.X.X (the ip address of TFTP server)
Source filename[]?/CiscoBackup/router1.cfg (Total path and hit enter)
[router name]#show run
[router name]#show interfaces
[router name]#copy run start
