●Captured Configurable Options and Configuration Templates

Configuration templates are used to store device settings and apply those settings to one or more devices. This can be done to keep device configurations consistent and to make it easy to apply a common set of settings on a regular basis. Templates are an easy way to change the settings for regularly scheduled configurations, without having to recreate the entire schedule. Templates can also be used to save many settings from a device, either for backup purposes or to apply to similar devices.

You can create and manage configuration templates:

●Create configuration template: Create a configuration template (Create a Configuration Template on page 171).

●Apply configuration template to devices: Apply the selected configuration template to devices (Apply a Configuration Template to Devices on page 174).

●Edit configuration template: Make changes to an existing configuration template (Edit a Configuration Template on page 172).

●Delete configuration template: Delete a configuration template (Delete a Configuration Template on page 173).

●Copy configuration template: Copy a configuration template and rename the new template and make changes to it (Copy Template Wizard on page 85).

●Export configuration templates: Export a configuration template to a file and then import it into a different instance of HP Web Jetadmin running on a different server (Export and Import Device Configuration Templates on page 86).

●Import configuration templates: After a configuration template has been exported, you can then import it to use it on a different instance of HP Web Jetadmin running on a different server (Export and Import Device Configuration Templates on page 86).

Volatile Configuration and HP Web Jetadmin Configuration Templates

Some actions performed remotely on devices can cause the device to automatically power cycle or change in some other way that can impact the success of further configuration. Consider the case where you are attempting to configure several device parameters, including one parameter that causes the device to reset itself, which also causes HP Web Jetadmin to lose communication with the device for a time. Changing a device's IP parameters is a good example. The device (in many cases) re-initializes and stops communicating for a time.

HP Web Jetadmin has several configuration elements that are known to cause device interrupts and, therefore, cause a configuration to become volatile or unstable. These items are programmatically marked in such a way that HP Web Jetadmin always uses them last in a configuration. These configuration items are:

●Security > LDAP - Accessing the Server

●Digital Sending > Activity Log

●Fax > Fax Reports and Logs (print or clear activity log)

●Security > Disable Direct Ports

●Network > Protocol Stacks

●Network > IPv4 Information, which includes Subnet Mask and Gateway (both single and batch configurations)

●Wireless > 802.11 a/b/g

●Network > Link Setting

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