There are several ways on how backup Cisco switches (or other vendors name) can be done.
One of them is downloading TFTP client server
https://tftp.en.uptodown.com/windows
Launching it and deciding where saving configuration files.
Be aware taking note about client IP.
Later you need to connect to switches using any SSH clients (I warmly suggest using these clients:
- Solar-PuTTY Connect to any server or device in your network with Solar-PuTTY for Windows. This is an interesting Putty or PuttyCM alternative.
https://www.alessandromazzanti.com/2018/11/freeware-solarwinds-software-free-tools.html
and execute below commands on switches:
Router#copy running-config tftp:
Address or name of remote host []? 64.104.207.171
Destination filename [ce_2-confg]? backup_cfg_for_my_router
!!
1030 bytes copied in 2.489 secs (395 bytes/sec)
CE_2#
Where:- 64.104.207.171 must be substituted by your client ip address where tftp is under execution.
- backup_cfg_for_my_router is backup file name that will be created on client where tftp is under execution.
You can configure automatic backups, you simple need to read all article below indicated.
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