How to backup and restore Cisco Routers switches using a FTP Server

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  1. Ever tried the syntax where you supply the username:password@ftp-host/directory/filename , i.e. you don’t configure the username and password separately ? I have and so far haven’t got it to work…

  2. Hi,
    What if the other server (ftp server ) has a user name and password, how can I includ them in the commands
    Best

  3. Hey guys can someone tell me how to take a backup of multiple switches at the same time.

  4. @Daveson
    First of all you have to write the “userame” and “password” down in the cisco switch which you have taken for the ftp-server before.

    two steps:

    c-switch>enable
    c-switch#conf t
    c-switch(config)#ip ftp username deutschland
    c-switch(config)#ip ftp password berlin

  5. ALL SIR GOOD UNDERSTANDING ABOUT YOUR FTP SERVER TO BACKUP&
    RESTORE CONFLAGRATION ALSO PLEAS AIDING OTHER INFORMATION ABUT FTP.
    THANK YOU.

  6. The Cisco IOS FTP client is very crude. In fact, we’ve discovered that Cisco IOS versions 12.2 and 12.3 do not work with vsftpd on Solaris 8 servers, but do work with the legacy Solaris FTP server, which has its own set of issues.

    There is some sort of protocol problem when using vsftpd. I’m not sure what and I haven’t been able to test on other operating systems, but the version I compiled on Solaris 8 is the most recent version.

    A search of the web reveals that this is a known issue that Cisco finally addressed in 12.4

  7. mppmanu, is the IOS VSFTPD incompability issue confirmed by Cisco ?

    Br,
    /C

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