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Chapter8 Managing Deployment
Rolling Back Configurations
Field Reference
Rolling Back Configurations
After you deploy a new configuration to a device, you can roll back the configuration to an older version
if you find that the new configuration does not work correctly. However, it is usually a better idea to fix
the configuration in Security Manager and deploy the fixed configuration, because rolling back a
configuration creates a situation where the configuration defined in Security Manager is not the same
one running on the device. Roll back configurations only in extreme circumstances.
The following topics will help you better understand and use configuration rollback:
•Understanding Configuration Rollback, page 8-59
•Rolling Back Configurations to Devices Using the Deployment Manager, page8-65
•Using Rollback to Deploy Archived Configurations, page8-66
•Performing Rollback When Deploying to a File, page 8-67

Understanding Configuration Rollback

If you deploy configurations to devices using the Device method, either to deploy the configuration
directly to the device or to an intermediate server, you can roll back the configuration to an older version
if you find that the new configuration does not work correctly. You cannot roll back to a configuration
that was deployed to a file.
Table8-16 Transcript Viewer Window
Element Description
Version ID The configuration version for which you are viewing transcripts:
•Previous—Display the transcripts for the version in the sequence
before the one currently selected.
•Next—Display the transcripts for the version in the sequence after
the one currently selected.
•Last—Display the transcripts for the last version in the list.
•Specific Date and Time—Display the transcripts for the version
created on that date and time.
Transcript Type The type of transcript that you want to view. Some configuration
versions have more than one transcript associated with them. Use this
field to select which transcript to view.
Transcript Window Displays the selected transcript. You can select text and copy it to the
clipboard (Ctrl+C) for pasting in a text editor.
View button Click this button to display the related configuration in the Config
Version Viewer window (see Configuration Version Viewer,
page 8-56).
Print button Click this button to print the transcript.