Creating New Jobs From Config Templates
- Viktoryia Varapayeva (Deactivated)
Note
Config templates also offer the ability to generate a text-based configuration file to enable configuration of an undiscovered device or devices of the same type. This feature provides an alternative path to configuring bare metal devices instead of using NetMRI's Bare Metal Provisioning feature. See the subsection Downloading a Config Template for more information.
To create a new Job from an existing config template, do the following:
- Action Schedule or Run Now from the menu. The Job Wizard appe ars, showing the Fill Out Job Details page.
The Fill Out Job Details page differs based on whether you wish to immediately run the job (Run Now) or to schedule it for a later occasion. - Enter a Name and Job Description for the new job.
- Choose the Push Mode option: Line by Line, Bulk, or Text File. This determines the method by which the config file is written to devices that are part of the job.
For Push Mode, choosing Line by Line sets the template config sequence to be pushed to the device involved in the Job, one line at a time; pushed in Bulk, the entire configuration is staged in NetMRI and then downloaded to the device.
(Available only when you choose the Run Now menu option.) Choosing the Text File option runs the template job and sends its output to a text file, which is uploaded to the management computer. For more information, see Downloading a Config Template.
Note
If any non-Cisco/Juniper device is part of the device group selected for the job, the job will revert to Line by Line mode.
4. Click the Templates tab, and select the template that will execute as part of the Job. Enter any required input values.
5. If this job requires approval and you have the permissions to do so, click the Approved checkbox. Otherwise, leave it blank for admin account approval.
6. At the bottom of the page, click Next.
7. Choose the Devices or Device Groups to be part of the new Job, and click Next.
8. Choose the Recurrence Pattern (Once, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, or Monthly) and the Execution Time (which is specified in half-hour increments). The chosen Recurrence Pattern determines additional schedule settings based on the selection.
9. Click Next.
10. (Optional) Enter the admin account's CLI credentials, or choose the options for Use the requester's stored CLI credentials or Use the approver's stored CLI credentials as needed. Click Next.
11. On the Review and Run page of the Template Run Now wizard, review the steps taken for the Job.
- Review the Inputs field to ensure that all necessary input values have variables or data entries assigned to them through the template.
- Check the Devices field to make sure the correct devices are listed for the job.
12. (Line by Line or Bulk Mode only) Click Run Now if all settings are correct.
Once the new Job is ready and your changes are saved, you click Run Now to execute the template Job.