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class="rhs-cont"> <h1>Back up, Restore, and Compare Cisco Startup Config and Runtime Configuration Files</h1> <h2>Cisco Config Backup Tool</h2> <div class="notebox"><span class="fr mL20"><a href="/products/oputils/customer-quotes.html" target="_blank"><img src="/products/oputils/images/triad.gif" alt="" /></a></span> <em>We utilize the product for scheduled backup and archiving of configurations from our Cisco devices across multiple subnets. After trying several products, some much pricier, we settled on OpUtils as it offers the best value and performance. The support has been fantastic and we appreciate the response and timely turnaround of the special features that we requested. Thanks again!</em> <p class="tar"><strong>-</strong> Don Annas, President/CEO, Triad Telecom, Inc. <a href="/products/oputils/customer-quotes.html"> <img src="/products/oputils/images/quote_more.gif" alt="" /></a></p> </div> <p>With too many devices to manage manually, administrators end up dealing with network downtime caused due to erroneous configuration changes. Automation of network configuration management simplifies processes like scheduling regular backups (backup router config) helps you to easily locate a backup file at the time of need. Routers/Switches often get upgraded or swapped out for a number of reasons. Hence it is important to maintain the latest and history of the router's/switch's configuration files. Backup cisco switch config tool helps to maintain the Starup (cisco startup config) and Runtime configuration (cisco running config) files of the Cisco Router/Switch.</p> <p><a class="img-zoom zoomicon" href="/products/oputils/images/config_mgmt.png"> <picture> <source srcset="images/webp/config_mgmt.webp" type="image/webp"></source> <img title="Cisco Config Backup File" src="/products/oputils/images/config_mgmt.png" alt="Cisco Config Backup File" /></picture> <span class="zoom-icon"> </span></a></p> <h3>Cisco Config File Manager Features</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/products/oputils/cisco-config-file-manager.html#real_cisco_config">Retrieve the startup and running configuration files from the Cisco switches/routers.</a></li> <li><a href="/products/oputils/cisco-config-file-manager.html#sche_cisco-config">Take a scheduled backup of the configuration files at defined intervals (Daily, Monthly and Yearly).</a></li> <li><a href="/products/oputils/cisco-config-file-manager.html#real_cisco_config">View the colored difference between the startup and running config file of a cisco router/switches.</a></li> <li><a href="/products/oputils/cisco-config-file-manager.html#compare_config_files">Compare the configuration files are any cisco router/switches.</a></li> <li><a href="/products/oputils/cisco-config-file-manager.html#uplaod_config_files">Upload the configuration files to the cisco router/switch through TFTP.</a></li> </ul> <div class="nav-dwn" style="text-align: center;"><a title="Download ManageEngine OpUtils" href="/products/oputils/download.html">Download<span class="s-icon icon-s-download"> </span></a></div> <div class="demo-strip tac"> <h1 class="hTag2">Advanced configuration backup to reduce network downtime!</h1> <p class="tal">Do you wish to reduce network downtime and the impact it has on your IT infrastructure? Try Network Configuration Manager(NCM) to restore normal functioning of your network devices with configuration backups.</p> <div class="flex-row row"> <div class="col"> <div class="pad1"> <ul class="ulPts"> <li>Capture every change made to your device configurations and back up configurations automatically.</li> <li>Avoid manual configuration backing up by scheduling back ups and get alerted when there is an interruption or failure.</li> <li>Back up any number of devices or device groups with a single click, and view the status of the backup process.</li> <li>In case of a network mishap, upload a stable configuration using configuration restoration, and bring your network up, real quick.</li> </ul> <div class="btndiv"><a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-configuration-manager/network-backup-software.html?oputils-cisco-config-page" target="_blank" class="btnRed">Learn more</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h3 id="sche_cisco-config">Scheduled Backup for Cisco Config Files</h3> <p>CISCO Config File Management provides an option to take scheduled backup of the startup and running configuration files of the Cisco routers/switches. CISCO router configuration backup tool provides the flexibility to schedule backing up of the files on a daily, monthly, and yearly basis. CISCO configuration backup tool retrieves the cisco configuration files at the defined intervals and stores it in the file system. The backed up configuration files can be viewed from the history in Cisco Configuration File Management.</p> <p><a class="img-zoom zoomicon" href="/products/oputils/images/general_oputils.png"> <picture> <source srcset="images/webp/general_oputils.webp" type="image/webp"></source> <img title="Backup Cisco Config" src="/products/oputils/images/general_oputils.png" alt="Backup Cisco Config" /></picture> <span class="zoom-icon"> </span></a></p> <p><a class="img-zoom zoomicon" href="/products/oputils/images/sheduler.png"> <picture> <source srcset="images/webp/sheduler.webp" type="image/webp"></source> <img title="Cisco Backup Switch Config" src="/products/oputils/images/sheduler.png" alt="Cisco Backup Switch Config" /></picture> <span class="zoom-icon"> </span></a></p> <h3 id="real_cisco_config">Real-time Monitoring of Cisco Config Files</h3> <p>Using the "Refresh" option in the CISCO config backup software, the latest startup and runtime configuration files of the cisco routers/switches can be retrieved. It helps to view the recent configuration files.</p> <p><strong>Note:</strong></p> <ol> <li>The SNMP community string specified while adding a Cisco device (Switch / Router) is used for subsequent downloads of the startup and running config files. If the community string is changed in the device at a later date, subsequent downloads will fail. </li> <li>The Cisco devices should have the CISCO-COPY-CONFIG MIB implemented in order to download the startup config files.</li> </ol> <p><a class="img-zoom zoomicon" href="/products/oputils/images/startup_config_oputils.png"> <picture> <source srcset="images/webp/startup_config_oputils.webp" type="image/webp"></source> <img title="Cisco Configuration Backup Tool" src="/products/oputils/images/startup_config_oputils.png" alt="Cisco Configuration Backup Tool" /></picture> <span class="zoom-icon"> </span></a></p> <p><a class="img-zoom zoomicon" href="/products/oputils/images/running_config_oputils.png"> <picture> <source srcset="images/webp/running_config_oputils.webp" type="image/webp"></source> <img title="Backup Running Config Cisco" src="/products/oputils/images/running_config_oputils.png" alt="Backup Running Config Cisco" /></picture> <span class="zoom-icon"> </span></a></p> <h3 id="compare_config_files">Compare Cisco Config Files</h3> <p>OpUtils backup and restore CISCO config provides an option to compare the configuration files that are retrieved from the Cisco routers/switches. The comparison can be on any of the following:</p> <ul> <li>Compare startup and running configuration files of a routers/switches.</li> <li>Compare the startup configuration files of any two routers/switches.</li> <li>Compare the running configuration files of any two routers/switches.</li> <li>Compare the startup and running configuration files of any two routers/switches.</li> </ul> <p>Cisco Switch Configuration Backup helps to compare the configurations between any two cisco routers/switches and correct the erroneous configurations, if any.</p> <p><a class="img-zoom zoomicon" href="/products/oputils/images/compare_opUtils.png"> <picture> <source srcset="images/webp/compare_opUtils.webp" type="image/webp"></source> <img title="Cisco Router Comparison" src="/products/oputils/images/compare_opUtils.png" alt="Cisco Router Comparison" /></picture> <span class="zoom-icon"> </span></a></p> <h3 id="uplaod_config_files">Upload Cisco Config Files</h3> <p>All configurations that are made to the Cisco devices are finally stored in the config files from where the device reads and executes in the Cisco Router Configuration Backup. The CISCO switch configuration backup enables uploading of the configuration files to the device through TFTP server. IT administrators can make the necessary changes to the file and then upload this file to the device. It reduces the administrators' time when the same configuration has to be made to several similar devices.</p> <p><a class="img-zoom zoomicon" href="/products/oputils/images/history_oputils.png"> <picture> <source srcset="images/webp/history_oputils.webp" type="image/webp"></source> <img title="Cisco Router Configuration Tool" src="/products/oputils/images/history_oputils.png" alt="Cisco Router Configuration Tool" /></picture> <span class="zoom-icon"> </span></a></p> <p><a class="img-zoom zoomicon" href="/products/oputils/images/upload_single_oputils.png"> <picture> <source srcset="images/webp/upload_single_oputils.webp" type="image/webp"></source> <img title="Cisco Switch Configuration Software" src="/products/oputils/images/upload_single_oputils.png" alt="Cisco Switch Configuration Software" /></picture> <span class="zoom-icon"> </span></a></p> <p>There is also an option to upload mulitple Devices and start either Startup Config or Running Config, based on the necessary.</p> <p><a class="img-zoom zoomicon" href="/products/oputils/images/upload_mulitple_oputils.png"> <picture> <source srcset="images/webp/upload_mulitple_oputils.webp" type="image/webp"></source> <img title="Cisco Backup Software" src="/products/oputils/images/upload_mulitple_oputils.png" alt="Cisco Backup Software" /></picture> <span class="zoom-icon"> </span></a></p> <h3>Free CISCO Configuration Backup tool</h3> <p>The CISCO Configuration backup tool can be used to manage a cisco routers/switches in the OpUtils Free edition. The CISCO router backup config tools is an additional tool in OpUtils which helps the network admin in many ways. For more details on tools available in Free edition, refer to <a href="/products/oputils/free-network-tools.html">Free Network Tools</a>.</p> <p>For more details, refer to the <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/products/oputils/help/cisco_uitlities/config_file_viewer_tool.html#cisco-config-file-manager-tool">Cisco Config File Manager</a> topic in the online help. 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