Cisco Systems 4.1 Dust Collector User Manual


 
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User Guide for Resource Manager Essentials 4.1
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Chapter 8 Archiving Configurations and Managing Them Using Archive Management
Performing Archive Management Tasks
Determine out-of-sync configuration files
You can list the devices for which running configurations are out-of-sync- with the startup
configuration.
See Generating an Out-of-Sync Report and Scheduling Sync on Device Job for further details.
View Version Tree
You can view all configuration versions of selected devices in the form of a graphical display.
See Using the Configuration Version Tree for further details.
View Version Summary
You can view the latest three archived configurations for selected devices. It also has a link to view
a particular configuration running on the device and to generate differences between versions in the
archive.
See Viewing the Configuration Version Summary for further details.
Search for device configuration files
You can search the archive for configuration containing text patterns for selected devices.
See Using Search Archive for further details.
Create custom configuration queries (See Creating a Custom Query.)
You can create and run custom queries that generate reports. These reports display device
configuration files from the archive for the devices you specify. You can use custom queries while
searching archives.
Compare configurations
You can compare startup and running configurations, running and latest archived configurations.
You can also compare two configuration versions of the same device, or two configuration versions
of different devices.
See Comparing Configuration for further details.
Configuration Quick Deploy
You can create an immediate job to deploy the version of configuration that you are viewing on the
device. You can deploy the configuration either in the Overwrite or Merge mode. You can also use
job-based password.
See Configuration Quick Deploy for further details.
Archive Management Job Browser
You can see the status of your Archive Management jobs.
See Using Archive Management Job Browser for further details.
Label Configuration
You can select configuration files from different managed devices and then group and label them.
See Configuring Labels for further details.
Baseline Template
You can compare the baseline template with the configuration of devices in the archive. You can also
generate a non-compliance configuration report and deploy this template onto the devices to make
it compliant.
See Baseline Template for further details.
Set the debug mode for Archive Management application