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Editing and Deploying Configurations Using

Config Editor

The Config Editor option of the Configuration tab of Resource Manager Essentials, provides easy access
to configuration files. Config Editor allows a network administrator with the appropriate security
privileges to edit a configuration file that exists in the configuration archive.
The Configuration Management application stores the current, and a user-specified number of previous
versions, of the configuration files for all supported Cisco devices maintained in the Inventory. It
automatically tracks changes to configuration files and updates the database if a change is made.
You can open the configuration file, change it, and download it to the device.
To start Config Editor from the CiscoWorks desktop, select RME > Config Mgmt > Config Editor.
The Config Editor window appears.
To set user preferences in Config Editor from the CiscoWorks navigation tree, select RME >
Admin > Config Mgmt > Config Editor.
The User Preferences window appears.

Config Editor Tasks

Config Editor users can:
Open a configuration file version of a device for editing.
Open configuration file version based on search criteria.
Open an external configuration file.
Save modified configuration file in private work area on the server and open the saved file when
required.
Save a configuration file in a public location.
Send configuration file to syntax checker utility.
Deploy configuration files to the device.
Send configuration download jobs for approval.
View all download jobs and perform job management operations.
List out all the modified files, allow the user to select and download or close the configuration.