Chapter 2 Getting Started : Basic Administration : Configuration Backups : Backing up the configuration using the CLI
  
Backing up the configuration using the CLI
Use the following command:
execute backup config management-station <comment>
… or …
execute backup config usb <backup_filename> [<backup_password>]
… or for FTP, note that port number, username are optional depending on the FTP site…
execute backup config ftp <backup_filename> <ftp_server> [<port>] [<user_name>] [<password>]
… or for TFTP …
execute backup config tftp <backup_filename> <tftp_servers> <password>
Use the same commands to backup a VDOM configuration by first entering the commands:
config vdom
edit <vdom_name>