still trying to get ur question .... u mean via console access only ..
you somehow wants to read Vlan.dat file ..
If yes ...
more flash:vlan.dat .... There will be mix o/p but smartly u can make sense ..
Example :
Rack1SW4#sh vlan
VLAN Name Status Ports
---- -------------------------------- --------- -------------------------------
1 default active Fa1/0/1, Fa1/0/2, Fa1/0/3
Fa1/0/5, Fa1/0/6, Fa1/0/7
Fa1/0/8, Fa1/0/9, Fa1/0/10
Fa1/0/11, Fa1/0/12, Fa1/0/13
Fa1/0/14, Fa1/0/15, Fa1/0/17
Fa1/0/18, Fa1/0/20, Fa1/0/21
Fa1/0/22, Fa1/0/23, Fa1/0/24
Gi1/0/1, Gi1/0/2
3 VLAN0003 active
4 VLAN0004 active
7 VLAN0007 active
13 VLAN0013 active
45 VLAN0045 active Fa1/0/4
52 VLAN0052 active
53 VLAN0053 active
67 VLAN0067 active
1001 VLAN1001 active
1002 fddi-default act/unsup
1003 token-ring-default act/unsup
1004 fddinet-default act/unsup
Rack1SW4#
Rack1SW4#
Rack1SW4#
Rack1SW4#more flash:vlan.dat
00000000: BADB100D 00000002 03074343 49454C41 :[.. .... ..CC IELA
00000010: 42000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 B... .... .... ....
00000020: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 .... .... .... ....
00000030: 00000000 00000001 30303030 30303030 .... .... 0000 0000
00000040: 30303030 1A2E56D2 43461AE4 7E9EFC26 0000 ..VR CF.d ~.|&
00000050: A65F4A6D 00000000 00000000 00000000 &_Jm .... .... ....
00000060: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 .... .... .... ....
00000070: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 .... .... .... ....
00000080: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 .... .... .... ....
00000090: 00000000 0000000E 02020000 043C5B60 .... .... .... .<[`
000000A0: 07646566 61756C74 00000000 00000000 .def ault .... ....
000000B0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 .... .... .... ....
000000C0: 00000101 05DC0001 000186A1 00000000 .... .\.. ...! ....
000000D0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 08564C41 .... .... .... .VLA
000000E0: 4E303030 33000000 00000000 00000000 N000 3... .... ....
000000F0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000101 .... .... .... ....
00000100: 05DC0003 000186A3 00000000 00000000 .\.. ...# .... ....
00000110: 00000000 00000000 08564C41 4E303030 .... .... .VLA N000
00000120: 34000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 4... .... .... ....
00000130: 00000000 00000000 00000101 05DC0004 .... .... .... .\..
00000140: 000186A4 00000000 00000000 00000000 ...$ .... .... ....
00000150: 00000000 08564C41 4E303030 37000000 .... .VLA N000 7...
00000160: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 .... .... .... ....
00000170: 00000000 00000101 05DC0007 000186A7 .... .... .\.. ...'
00000180: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 .... .... .... ....
00000190: 08564C41 4E303031 33000000 00000000 .VLA N001 3... ....
000001A0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 .... .... .... ....
000001B0: 00000101 05DC000D 000186AD 00000000 .... .\.. ...- ....
000001C0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 08564C41 .... .... .... .VLA
000001D0: 4E303034 35000000 00000000 00000000 N004 5... .... ....
000001E0: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000101 .... .... .... ....
000001F0: 05DC002D 000186CD 00000000 00000000 .\.- ...M .... ....
00000200: 00000000 00000000 08564C41 4E303035 .... .... .VLA N005
00000210: 32000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 2... .... .... ....
00000220: 00000000 00000000 00000101 05DC0034 .... .... .... .\.4
00000230: 000186D4 00000000 00000000 00000000 ...T .... .... ....
00000240: 00000000 08564C41 4E303035 33000000 .... .VLA N005 3...
00000250: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 .... .... .... ....
00000260: 00000000 00000101 05DC0035 000186D5 .... .... .\.5 ...U
00000270: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 .... .... .... ....
00000280: 08564C41 4E303036 37000000 00000000 .VLA N006 7... ....
00000290: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 .... .... .... ....
HTH
Gaurav Madan
CCIE # 23863
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:38 AM, scuba diver <scuba1934_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> i already knew that vlan.dat stored vtp and vlan info but that still doesn't
> solve my problem. i don't have ethernet access to the switch to download
> vlan.dat, i only have console. so i still have to reconfigure vtp and vlans
> from scratch everytime i access the rack after somebody else uses it and
> does wr erase
>
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Marko Milivojevic <markom_at_markom.info>wrote:
>
>> ( Which, to illustrate my rant from earlier today is in fact covered
>> by CCENT curriculum :-) )
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 18:04, Justin Mitchell <jgmitchell_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > VLAN info is saved in vlan.dat
>> >
>> > Justin G. Mitchell
>> > http://www.google.com/profiles/jgmitchell
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:59 PM, scuba diver <scuba1934_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> actually, what i meant was that if i erase the configuration and reload
>> ,
>> >> since it is not saved in sh run, i have to reconfigure vtp from scratch,
>> >> since i am renting rack time from people, this happens to me very
>> frequently
>> >> where i have to reconfigure it every time, hope this clears this up :)
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:54 PM, scuba diver <scuba1934_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> How can I save the vtp configuration ? When I configure vtp, it does
>> it
>> >>> not show up in the sh run. So even if I save the configuration and
>> reload,
>> >>> I have to reconfigure vtp all over again from scratch.
>> >>>
>> >>> thanks
>> >>>
>> >>> scuba
>> >>
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