Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 System Manual page 95

Procedure
To create a backup of the current configuration of a CPU, follow these steps:
1. Select the PLC station in the project tree.
2. Select the "Backup from online device" command in the "Online" menu.
You may have to enter and confirm the password for read access and confirm that the
CPU may be set to STOP mode.
Result
STEP 7 backs up the CPU saves the backup in the "Name of CPU > Online backups" folder
in the project tree. The backup is assigned the name of the CPU with the time and date of
the backup. You can rename the backup, but you cannot make any changes to the contents
of the backup.
An entry is created for each backup operation in the diagnostics buffer of the CPU.
Figure 6-11
You can create as many backups as you want and store a variety of configurations for a
CPU.
Restoring a full backup
You can transfer to the CPU a backup made at an earlier date The CPU restores the saved
data.
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"Online backups" folder in the project tree of STEP 7
Configuring
6.1 Configuring the CPU
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