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Chapter8 Managing Deployment
Working with Deployment and the Configuration Archive
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File—Deploys the configuration file to a directory you select on the Security Manager server.
For more information, see Deploying to a File, page 8-11.
Before proceeding with the deployment, you can do the following:
•Preview proposed configurations and compare them against last deployed configurations or current
running configurations. Right-click the device and select Preview Config. For more information,
see Previewing Configurations, page8-45.
•Analyze the devices for out of band changes by clicking the Detect OOB Changes button. Fo r more
information, see Detecting and Analyzing Out of Band Changes, page8-46 and OOB (Out of Band)
Changes Dialog Box, page 8-48.
Step 3 Click Deploy to start the deployment job for the selected devices, which generates the required
configuration files and applies them according to your selected deployment method.
The Deployment Status Details dialog box opens so that you can view the status of the deployment. It
displays summary information about the job, status about the deployment to each device, and messages
indicating why the deployment failed.
In the Deployment Details table, select a row corresponding to a device to display deployment status
messages specifically for that device. For more information, see Deployment Status Details Dialog Box,
page 8-33.
If deployment to any device failed, you can redeploy configurations to the failed devices. For more
information, see Redeploying Configurations to Devices, page 8-49.
Edit Deploy Method Dialog Box
Use the Edit Deploy Method dialog box to specify whether to deploy the generated configurations
directly to the devices in the network or to create configuration files in a directory on the Security
Manager server.
Navigation Path
Click Edit Deploy Method in the Deployment—Create or Edit a Job dialog box (Workflow mode) or
Deploy Saved Changes dialog box (non-Workflow mode). For the procedures, see:
•Creating and Editing Deployment Jobs, page 8-36
•Deploying Configurations in Non-Workflow Mode, page 8-29
Related Topics
•Understanding Deployment Methods, page 8-8
•Deploying Configurations in Workflow Mode, page 8-35
•Deploying Configurations Using an Auto Update Server or CNS Configuration Engine, page8-42
•Deploying Configurations to a Token Management Server, page 8-43
•Managing Device Communication Settings and Certificates, page9-4