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Chapter 4 Device Configurations and Software Images
Device Configurations
Manually Backing Up Configuration Files Files are automatically backed up to the archive according to the values on the Configuration
Management Settings page. To perform an on-demand backup of configuration files to the archive:
Step 1 Choose Configurations > Backup. Prime Network lists all devices with the following status symbols as
shown in Figure 4-5.
Step 2 Choose the devices with files you want to back up.
Ongoing • Event-Driven—Backs up device files when Prime Network receives a configuration change notification.
Use this method if you consider every configuration file change to be significant. This is control led by the
Enable Event-triggered Config Archive setting on the Configuration Management Settings page.
For this form of backup, you can choose one of the following methods for performing the archiving:
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Back up the files to the archive immediately when a change is detected.
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Queue the changes and back up the files to the archive according to a schedule.
Both of these settings are controlled from the Configuration Management Settings page.
If you are using event-driven archiving, you should also make sure that exclude commands are properly
configured. Exclude commands are commands that Prime Network ignores when comparing
configurations, and they are controlled from the Settings page. Using this mechanism eliminates
unnecessary file backups to the archive.
• Periodic—Archives device files every 72 hours and this is configurable. A new archive is created only if
the newly-collected device configuration is different from the last v ersion in the arc hi ve . Use th is method
if configurations change frequently and the changes are not important to you. This setting is controlled
by the Enable Periodic Config Backup setting on the Configuration Management Settings page.
Note This CM collection is independent of the Prime Network inventory collection.
See Change Configuration Managemennt Global Settings, page 4-61.
Table 4-2 Methods for Archiving Configuration Files (continued)
Method Description
Symbol Description
Device is available for backup.
Device is not available for backup. The device is most likely in the Maintenance
investigation state or the Unreachable communication state. Click the device
hyperlink and open the device properties popup to see details about the device.