When using a file to restore a backed up configuration as the startup configuration, care must be taken to ensure that the source file's TPVM configuration is the same as the running TPVM's configuration. Particularly, if the source's TPVM configuration is partial, and does not have some of the configured parameters of the running TPVM instance. In such a scenario, it is advised not to proceed with this change as it will result in the configuration of the installed TPVM not being similar to the configuration of the previous TPVM instance.