Copying The Startup Configuration To The Running Configuration; Viewing The Configuration - Cisco PIX 500 Series Configuration Manual

Working with the Configuration
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Copying the Startup Configuration to the Running Configuration

Copy a new startup configuration to the running configuration using one of these options:
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Viewing the Configuration

The following commands let you view the running and startup configurations.
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For contexts that are not saved because the remote destination is unreachable, the following message
appears:
The context 'context a' could not be saved due to non-reachability of destination
For contexts that are not saved because the context is locked, the following message appears:
Unable to save the configuration for the following contexts as these contexts are
locked.
context 'a' , context 'x' , context 'z' .
A context is only locked if another user is already saving the configuration or in the process of
deleting the context.
For contexts that are not saved because the startup configuration is read-only (for example, on an
HTTP server), the following message report is printed at the end of all other messages:
Unable to save the configuration for the following contexts as these contexts have
read-only config-urls:
context 'a' , context 'b' , context 'c' .
For contexts that are not saved because of bad sectors in the Flash memory, the following message
appears:
The context 'context a' could not be saved due to Unknown errors
To merge the startup configuration with the running configuration, enter the following command:
hostname(config)# copy startup-config running-config
A merge adds any new commands from the new configuration to the running configuration. If the
configurations are the same, no changes occur. If commands conflict or if commands affect the
running of the context, then the effect of the merge depends on the command. You might get errors,
or you might have unexpected results.
To load the startup configuration and discard the running configuration, restart the security
appliance by entering the following command:
hostname# reload
Alternatively, you can use the following commands to load the startup configuration and discard the
running configuration without requiring a reboot:
hostname/contexta(config)# clear configure all
hostname/contexta(config)# copy startup-config running-config
To view the running configuration, enter the following command:
hostname# show running-config
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