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Chapter 8 Archiving Configurations and Managing Them Using Archive Management
Performing Archive Management Administrative Tasks
You can set the debug mode for Archive Management application in the Log Level Settings dialog
box (Resource Manager Essentials > Admin > System Preferences > Loglevel Settings).
See Application Log Level Settings for further details.
• Using Device Center you can perform these Archive Management tasks:
– Viewing the latest configuration archived details
– Viewing the differences between the two archived running configuration
– Updating the configuration archive
See RME Device Center for further details.
Performing Archive Management Administrative Tasks
The administrative tasks for Archive Management are:
• Modify configuration collection and polling settings
You can enable or disable the configuration collection and polling tasks. You can also schedule a
periodic job for configuration collection and polling.
See Defining the Configuration Collection Settings for further details.
• Move the configuration archive directory (See Moving the Configuration Archive Directory.)
You can move the configuration archive directory to a new location.
• Enable and disable the Shadow directory (See Enabling and Disabling the Shadow Directory.)
You can enable or disable the use of the Shadow directory.
The configuration archive Shadow directory is an image of the most recent configurations gathered
by the configuration archive. You can use the shadow directory as an alternative method to get the
latest configuration information programmatically, using scripts or other means.
• Configure Exclude Commands (See Configuring Exclude Commands.)
You can list the commands that have to be excluded while comparing configuration.
• Purge configurations files from the archive (See Purging Configurations from the Configuration
Archive.)
You can enable or disable the purge task and also modify the schedule. This frees disk space and
maintains your archive at a manageable size.
You need to set up your devices for the configuration archive. See Preparing to Use the Archive
Management.
Performing Configuration Management Administrative Tasks
The administrative tasks for configuration Management (applicable to Archive Management, Config
Editor, cwcli config, and NetConfig) are:
• Configure Transport Protocol (See Configuring Transport Protocols.)
You can set the transport protocol order for Archive Mgmt, NetConfig, and Config Editor jobs.
• Config Job Policies (See Configuring Default Job Policies.)