How to Delete Saved Configuration Files
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Created On 09/25/18 17:36 PM - Last Modified 02/19/21 22:37 PM
Symptom
- Firewall can store multiple version of configuration files under GUI:Device > Setup > Operations > Configuration Management > Save >.
- The firewall also autosaves older configuration files. This provides an easy way to revert to older configurations if needed.
- The older configuration files which are not needed can be deleted by using this procedure.
- Deleting the old configuration files also increases the available disk space in the "pancfg" partition.
Environment
- PAN-Firewalls
- Any PAN-OS
Resolution
The configuration files that are no longer needed can be deleted using the CLI command delete config saved <filename>
Example below:
admin@Lab > delete config saved
Running-config-000010.xml 2017/04/21 14:22:10 85.1K
Running-config-000012.xml 2017/03/08 10:14:39 63.7K
autosave-8.0-20170525.xml 2017/05/25 21:17:56 96.8K
autosave-8.0-20170608.xml 2017/06/08 14:38:34 7.3K
autosave-8.0-20171024.xml 2017/10/24 19:05:27 148.1K
autosave-8.0-20171208.xml 2017/12/08 16:58:39 342.3K
autosave-8.0-20180824.xml 2018/08/24 22:40:02 92.8K
saved-config-100000.xml 2017/09/05 11:29:50 83.2K
saved-config-200000.xml 2017/09/05 11:25:13 83.6K
<value> Filename
admin@Lab196-96-PA-VM> delete config saved saved-config-100000.xml
successfully removed saved-config-100000.xml
Additional Information
The configuration files are stored in the partition "/opt/pancfg/". The partition size can be found by using the command show system disk-space. The contents of this partition cannot be viewed using any CLI commands.
admin@Lab > show system disk-space
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 4.0G 2.6G 1.2G 69% /
/dev/sda5 8.0G 3.9G 3.7G 52% /opt/pancfg
/dev/sda6 4.0G 2.7G 1.2G 71% /opt/panrepo
tmpfs 2.8G 2.2G 712M 76% /dev/shm
/dev/sda8 16G 8.7G 6.5G 58% /opt/panlogs
tmpfs 12M 0 12M 0% /opt/pancfg/mgmt/lcaas/ssl/private