<div dir="ltr">Pasting into a Cisco comes with risks, as it won't negate any default configuration that is already there. The safest approach is to give the switch a temporary IP address, and then TFTP / FTP the file into the startup-config position and reboot. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 30 Sept 2021 at 21:07, heasley <<a href="mailto:heas@shrubbery.net">heas@shrubbery.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 05:53:51AM +0000, simon ben:<br>
> just wanted to know regarding the alternate way mentioned by you after doing a minimum config for the cisco switch or router for network connectivity as guess it would be a better option<br>
> Is it possible to restore the config from viewvc screen from the browser as I dont see any option neither no option to down and save it as a file on my local desktop pc<br>
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No, viewvc is only a CVS repository viewer.<br>
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> appreciate your advice and help if the restore could be done from viewvc screen or if any tool is available with viewvc to achieve this<br>
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Each device family may require its own procedure to restore a config, possibly<br>
manual cut/paste. One could automate it with expect talking to the console,<br>
but I have not done this.<br>
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