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In the right pane, NetMRI provides all listed configuration files with an Actions shortcut menu. Select View Configuration File to display the C
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A flag icon in the BL column indicates that a file is a baseline configuration. The flag marks one configuration file from each device's collection as a baseline file—a — a verified configuration backup th
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You can view and compare configuration files for any network router, switch, firewall or other network device or pair of devices.
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Note: The operations on config files are carried out against the configs that are stored on NetMRI. Once you make changes to a configuration file, those changes must then be committed to the device.
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If NetMRI detects a configuration change via Syslog, the configuration entry identifies the user or users that made the change in the Edited By column. (More than one user may make changes before NetMRI collects the configuration.) Changes detected by mechanisms other than Syslog (e.g., if Syslog messaging is not bound to the appliance) show the user as "Unknown" in the Edited By column.
The Last Collected timestamp indicates the time at which the running configuration was last pulled, while timestamps of saved configurations reflect the times at which the saved configurations were found to differ from the archived version.
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To view a configuration file, do the following:
- In the left panel, select the device group. from the dropdown list.
- Choose a device from the table.
A list of the configuration files residing in the current device appears in the right pane of the Archive page. One configuration file will always be flagged as the Baseline or BL configuration file (shown with a green flag). Watch the Status and Config Type values for each listed file.
To perform a quick search: In the Search field, type at least three characters of the search term (or enter one or two characters, then press ENTER). - Click the View Configuration File button in the Actions column.
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Note: NetMRI lists only the latest 200 configuration files stored for a given device. Older configuration files are available via bulk export. See Bulk Exporting Configuration Files for information.
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To retrieve the latest configuration files for a specific device, do the following:
- In the left panel, select the device.
- Click Get Config. The list refreshes within a few minutes.
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To designate a configuration file as the baseline, do the following:
- In the right panel, click the check box for the file you want to be the baseline.
- Click the Set Baseline button at the bottom of the page.
- Confirm the change.
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- In the Config Management –> Config Archive page, choose the Device Group if necessary.
- Select the NetMRI.
- Test against policy.
- In the Policy Selector dialog, check the policies to test against, then click Test.
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The Errors page (Device Viewer –> Configuration Management section –> Errors) lists possible syntax errors in configuration files associated with the device
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To view an error log: In the Error list, click the log you want to view, then click the View button.
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Note: You can compare configuration files from two or more devices in the Configuration Management –> Config Archive tab.
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