Step 1. Check the TAC-PAC in user mode
SH-N7K-01# tac-pac ?
bootflash: Select destination filesystem
ftp: Select destination filesystem
logflash: Select destination filesystem
scp: Select destination filesystem
sftp: Select destination filesystem
slot0: Select destination filesystem
tftp: Select destination filesystem
volatile: Select destination filesystem
Step 2. Saving the TAC-PAC in bootflash:
SH-N7K-01# tac-pac bootflash:
Show tech details will take 4-6 minutes to complete. Please Wait …
Checking the TAC-PAC file save in bootflash.
SH-N7K-01# dir bootflash:
0 Oct 18 10:42:23 2014 20141018_024223_poap_7369_init.log
890 Oct 18 10:59:18 2014 20141018_025902_poap_7268_init.log
0 Nov 07 11:48:42 2014 20141107_034842_poap_7187_init.log
7062 Mar 27 19:00:36 2015 P@ssw0rd123
10816437 Jul 21 09:30:38 2015 en
10813113 Jul 21 09:42:36 2015 ftp
510 Oct 18 10:51:42 2014 license_JAF1817AMJH_36.lic
16384 Oct 18 10:33:55 2014 lost+found/
420778741 Oct 18 10:35:23 2014 n7000-s2-dk9.6.2.8a.bin
36619776 Oct 18 10:34:30 2014 n7000-s2-kickstart.6.2.8a.bin
4096 Oct 18 10:39:52 2014 scripts/
10849256 Jul 21 09:46:26 2015 show_tech_out.gz <<<<<< shows the save tac-pac
4096 Nov 25 23:08:12 2014 vdc_2/
4096 Oct 18 10:38:56 2014 vdc_3/
4096 Oct 18 10:38:56 2014 vdc_4/
4096 Oct 18 10:38:56 2014 vdc_5/
2584 Nov 28 19:14:48 2014 vlan.dat
Usage for bootflash://sup-local <<<<<<< TAC-File is save in sup-local
616329216 bytes used
1200156672 bytes free
1816485888 bytes total
Step 3. Copy the tac-pac file via tftp. In this scenario, I have used a TFTP32 client which I run on my machine with IP address 172.17.112.76.
SH-N7K-01# copy bootflash://sup-local/show_tech_out.gz tftp://172.17.112.76 vrf management
Trying to connect to tftp server……
Connection to Server Established.
[############ ] 3.40MB s
TAC-PAC file is copied below via TFTP client to my machine.

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