Re: OT : 4924 / 45xx : Vlan.dat removal

Yes, just pretend there's an invisible OR between them. Then again, erasing
the startup config isn't needed if you're only removing the vlans. Thanks
for pointing that out :/
On Mar 27, 2011 3:27 PM, "Aaron" <aaron1_at_gvtc.com> wrote:
> Why "we er" and "erase star" ? Isn't one enough?
>
> Aaron
>
> On Mar 27, 2011, at 2:30 PM, Steve Di Bias <sdibias_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Not sure how you resolved, but my standard way of deleting VLAN's and
>> reverting VTP back to Null is to toggle the VTP mode to server, remove
>> vlan.dat and then reload
>>
>> connfig t
>>
>> vtp mode server
>>
>> do wr
>>
>> exit
>>
>>
>>
>> delete /force /recu vlan.dat
>>
>> write erase
>>
>> erase startup-config
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 2:40 AM, GAURAV MADAN <gauravmadan1177_at_gmail.com
>wrote:
>>
>>> Sorry .. Please ignore .. got it sorted .. was some VTP issue.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Gaurav Madan
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:56 PM, GAURAV MADAN <
gauravmadan1177_at_gmail.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Frnds
>>>>
>>>> In c3750 etc ; if we do "delete flash:vlan.dat" and reload the switch ;
>>> we
>>>> get all the user-created VLANs removed from the system .
>>>>
>>>> Is this different in 4924 / 4510 .?
>>>>
>>>> Following is what I am doing :
>>>> ===========================================================
>>>> C4924#dir cat4000_flash:
>>>> Directory of cat4000_flash:/
>>>>
>>>> 1 -rw- 14056 <no date> vlan.dat
>>>>
>>>> 524280 bytes total (510224 bytes free)
>>>>
>>>> C4924#erase ca
>>>> C4924#erase cat4000_flash: ?
>>>> <cr>
>>>>
>>>> C4924#erase cat4000_flash:
>>>> Erasing the cat4000_flash filesystem will remove all files! Continue?
>>>> [confirm]
>>>> [OK]
>>>> Erase of cat4000_flash: complete
>>>> C4924#dir cat4000_flash:
>>>> Directory of cat4000_flash:/
>>>>
>>>> 1 -rw- 0 <no date> vlan.dat
>>>>
>>>> 524280 bytes total (524280 bytes free)
>>>> C4924#
>>>> ============================================================
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> After this ; I reload the switch ; But I see after reload that all
Vlans
>>>> are present in database .
>>>> Tried googling etc ; but no much help ..
>>>>
>>>> Can someone please put some light on this ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Gaurav Madan
>>>
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