Chapter 10: Routine V-Switch Maintenance 10-9Saving (Uploading) a V-Switch Database FileYou can upload a copy of a V-Switch’s full database file to the local TFTPserver. If the V-Switch fails, its database file can be downloaded to thereplacement V-Switch. This eliminates protracted configuration time on thenew V-Switch and ensures configuration integrity.Use the CLI command ft upload to upload a V-Switch’s full database fileft uploadYou need to define three parameters to upload a database file:SWITCH PARAMETER D EFINITION STATUS E XAMPLE-ip IP ADDRESS IP ADDRESS OFSTATION WHERETFTP APPLICATIONSITSMANDATORY 212.199.43.70-fn FILE NAME COMPLETE PATHAND NAME TO SAVEFILE ASMANDATORY VSwitch/v1_9/v1_9database-ft FILE TYPE FORMAT TO SAVEDATA INOPTIONALDEFAULT : DB( DATA BASE )dbExample:Upload the file v1_9dat as a database file to the tftp server at 212.199.43.70.ft upload –ip 212.199.43.70 –fn VSwitch/v1_9/v1_9database –ft db
