Cisco Systems 4.1 Editing and Deploying Configurations Using Config Editor

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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.