APIC troubleshooting

We have already covered a lot about troubleshooting within the APIC, but so far, we have missed one very vital piece of detail: how to backup and restore our configuration. We will look at that now.

How to do it...

1. Navigate to Admin | Config Rollbacks.

We can see that we have a few automatically generated config backups listed. 

2. Right-click on the most recent one.

3. Select Upload to Remote Location.
4. In the new window, tick the box next to Or create a new one:.

5. Give the location a name, enter the IP address, and select the protocol.
6. Enter any path details; the port (if different from the protocol default); and the username, password, and management EPG.
7. Click on Submit.
8. The backup file will be uploaded to the destination specified.

Now, if we have to roll back, we can. To do this, we perform the following steps:

9. From the Admin |  Config Rollbacks menu, click on the icon that shows an arrow and a circle.
10. In the window that pops up, enter the filename to upload (which must match the file...