You should know by now that before you perform any kind of change to your internetworking devices or end devices, you need to back up your configurations and your IOS. It does not matter whether it's a hardware or a software update, especially if you're upgrading your IOS, you better be sure that you have a back up of the existing IOS and configurations.
This is IT, ladies and gentlemen: if something can go wrong, it will. So, back everything up.
With that disclaimer said, I will show how you would back up your IOS to a TFTP server:
- Make sure you are connected to the server:
- You need to know the source file name you are backing up:
- Start the back up process:
- Verify that the file was copied to the TFTP server:
For certification purposes, they want you to know three steps:
- Verify connectivity.
- Does the TFTP sever have enough...