Create Recovery Snapshot for a Switch

To ensure that you have a full backup if you ever need it, follow these steps to create recovery snapshots for your switches.

A recovery snapshot stored in OAM (Operations, Administration, and Maintenance) volume holds a full backup that can be used in case something goes wrong with a Junos volume.

To create a recovery snapshot

  1. Click Switches to go to the list of switches.
  2. Locate the switch for which you want to create the snapshot and then click it to open the switch details page.
  3. On the switch details page, click Utilities > Snapshot Device.
    Juniper Mist Documentation interface for managing network switch S2-EX1 showing model EX2300-C-12P, metrics at 100 percent, properties including MAC address e4:f2:7c:62:c6:93, utilities menu with options like testing tools and firmware upgrade, and buttons for locate, save, and cancel.
    The Snapshot Device confirmation window appears.
  4. On the Snapshot Device confirmation window, click Request Snapshot.