Is it possible to auto-back up the configuration file to the FTP sever on a Huawei switch? [Q&A]

<HUAWEI> system-view

[*HUAWEI] configuration file auto-save///enable configuration file auto-save function.

[*HUAWEI] configuration file auto-save backup-to-server server 10.1.1.1 transport-type sftp user admin1234 password Helloworld@6789  ///enable backup function.

This command is just an example. You may change it according your situation.

FURTHER ANALYSIS

Here you raised a new question 'Regarding procedures to restore from acquired files' - does the current customer also want to restore from a specific file?

I think you just need to upload the configuration file to device, then set the next startup configuration.

<HUAWEI> startup saved-configuration newcfg.cfg

After this, just reboot the device.

You can refer to the below link to get more details:

http://support.huawei.com/hedex/pages/EDOC100011353031189186/06/EDOC100011353031189186/06/resources/dc/set_save-configuration_backup-to-server_server.html?ft=0&fe=10&hib=12.1.3.8.7&id=set_save-configuration_backup-to-server_server&text=configuration file auto-save backup-to-server&docid=EDOC1000113530.

Please pay attention to the precautions firstly before you configure this command; you must enable 'configuration file auto-save'.

PRECAUTIONS

Before using this command, run the configuration file auto-save command and enable FTP, SFTP, or TFTP on the server. Otherwise, the configuration file auto-save backup-to-server command does not take effect. The system cancels the operation of periodically saving the configuration file in the following scenarios:

• the configuration file is being written;

• the LPU is recovering the configuration;

• the CPU usage is high.

The below link is for the command 'configuration file auto-save':

http://support.huawei.com/hedex/pages/EDOC100011353031189186/06/EDOC100011353031189186/06/resources/dc/set_save-configuration.html.