Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance X1050 Troubleshooting Guide

This document describes how to use batch commands in order to save a configuration from an
appliance in cluster on the Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA). This can be used on all versions
of AsyncOS for ESA.

Prior to AsyncOS Version 8.5, clustered appliances could not save a usable configuration to be
used to restore a configuration on to a Cisco ESA. In order to get a usable configuration from the
appliance, you had to remove the appliance from cluster and save the configuration as a
standalone appliance.

Note: This article is a proof-of-concept and provided as an example basis. While these steps
have been successfully tested, this article is intended primarily for demonstration and
illustration purposes. Custom scripts are outside of the scope and supportability of Cisco.
The Cisco Technical Assistance Center will not write, update, or troubleshoot custom
external scripts at any time.  Before you attempt and construct any scripts, ensure that you
have scripting knowledge when you construct the final script.

Gather this information from the ESAs in cluster:

IP addresses and/or hostname

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Cluster name

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Cluster group name (if applicable)

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Consult the 

 for your version of AsyncOS for Email Security, as there are CLI

batch changes that depend on the revision your ESA runs.

Read and understand these TechNotes:

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For AsyncOS versions earlier than Version 8.5, when you attempt to save the configuration while