Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2 User Guide - Maintaining Device Configuration Inventory [Cisco Prime Infrastructure]

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Maintaining Device Configuration Inventory

Overview of Device Configuration Archive

Changing Configuration Archive Settings

Scheduling Configuration Archive Collection

Comparing Configuration Archives

Rolling Back Configuration Changes

Maintaining Device Configuration Inventory

Overview of Device Configuration Archive

When Prime Infrastructure discovers the devices in your network, it retrieves and stores the device configurations in its archives. When you make a change to a device configuration, Prime Infrastructure stores the previous version as well as the current version. Prime Infrastructure stores all device configuration versions.

You can perform configuration archive tasks in two places:

•Operate > Configuration Archives—Lists all configuration archives by device type, site group, or user-defined group. You can schedule archive collections, rollbacks, and view details of configurations.

•Operate > Device Work Center—View a specific device's archived configurations, compare its configurations, schedule a configuration rollback, and schedule archive collections for that device.

Changing Configuration Archive Settings

By default, Prime Infrastructure archives up to five device configuration versions for each device for seven days after:

•Every inventory collection

•Prime Infrastructure receives notification of a configuration change event

To change when Prime Infrastructure archives configurations:

Step 1 Choose Administration > System Settings > Configuration Archive.

Step 2 Change the necessary settings. To archive an unlimited number of configuration versions, uncheck Number of version to retain and Number of days to retain.

Step 3 To have Prime Infrastructure ignore commands for a particular device type, click the Advanced tab, choose the device type, and enter the commands to be ignored.

If the device you specify has a change in its configuration and Prime Infrastructure detects that the change is in one of the commands in the exclude list, Prime Infrastructure does not create an archived version of the configuration with this change.

Step 4 Click Save.

Scheduling Configuration Archive Collection

To specify when to archive configurations:

Step 1 Choose Operate > Configuration Archives.

Step 2 Choose the device(s) whose configuration you want to archive, then click Schedule Archive.

Step 3 In the Configuration Archive Schedule window, enter schedule parameters for the archive collection.

Step 4 Click Save.

Step 5 To view the progress of the configuration archive job, choose Administration > Jobs Dashboard.

Comparing Configuration Archives

You can compare any two archived running or startup configurationss to find changes made to a device. If you decide to cancel a configuration change, you can roll back to any earlier archived configuration (see Rolling Back Configuration Changes).

To compare archived configurations:

Step 1 Choose Operate > Device Work Center.

Step 2 Choose the device whose configurations you want to compare, then click Configuration Archive. The list of archived configurations for the selected device appears.

Step 3 Click the expand icon for the archived configuration you want to compare with others.

Step 4 Click the appropriate link in the Compare With column:

a. To compare the running and startup configurations, click Startup.

b. To cmpare the rarchived configuration with another archived version, click Other Version. Then select the other archived version and click Compare.

c. To cmpare the rarchived configuration with an archived configuration on a different device, click Other Device. Then select the other device and click Compare.

Step 5 To see only the differences between the two configuration archives you are comparing:

a. Click Raw Configuration.

b. From the Select Type drop-down menu, choose Difference only.

The differences are highlighted in red.

Rolling Back Configuration Changes

You can use Prime Infrastructure to rollback a device's configuration to a previous version of the configuration. See Rolling Back Device Configuration Versions for more information.

	Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2 User Guide
	Maintaining Device Configuration Inventory
Cisco Prime Infrastructure 1.2 User Guide Preface Getting Started Introduction Setting Up Prime Infrastructure Designing the Network Planning Your Network Design Designing Device Configurations Designing Monitoring Configurations Designing Automatic Deployment Profiles Designing Sites Deploying Your Network Planning Template Deployments Deploying Templates Operating the Network Operating and Monitoring the Network Monitoring Alarms Updating Device Inventory Changing Port Groups Working With Device Configurations Maintaining Device Configuration Inventory Maintaining Software Images Working With Wireless Operational Tools Tracing Application Data Paths Troubleshooting Assuring Network Services Troubleshooting Voice/Video Delivery to a Branch Troubleshooting Unjoined Access Points Ensuring Consistent Application Experiences Troubleshooting With Multiple NAMs Planning Capacity Changes Post-Deployment Application Monitoring Administering the Network Managing System Data Maintaining System Health Controlling User Access References User Interface Field Reference Field Reference for Reports Index	Download this chapter Maintaining Device Configuration Inventory Download the complete book Whole-book PDF (PDF - 2 MB) Feedback Table Of Contents Maintaining Device Configuration Inventory Overview of Device Configuration Archive Changing Configuration Archive Settings Scheduling Configuration Archive Collection Comparing Configuration Archives Rolling Back Configuration Changes Maintaining Device Configuration Inventory Overview of Device Configuration Archive When Prime Infrastructure discovers the devices in your network, it retrieves and stores the device configurations in its archives. When you make a change to a device configuration, Prime Infrastructure stores the previous version as well as the current version. Prime Infrastructure stores all device configuration versions. You can perform configuration archive tasks in two places: •Operate > Configuration Archives—Lists all configuration archives by device type, site group, or user-defined group. You can schedule archive collections, rollbacks, and view details of configurations. •Operate > Device Work Center—View a specific device's archived configurations, compare its configurations, schedule a configuration rollback, and schedule archive collections for that device. Changing Configuration Archive Settings By default, Prime Infrastructure archives up to five device configuration versions for each device for seven days after: •Every inventory collection •Prime Infrastructure receives notification of a configuration change event To change when Prime Infrastructure archives configurations: Step 1 Choose Administration > System Settings > Configuration Archive. Step 2 Change the necessary settings. To archive an unlimited number of configuration versions, uncheck Number of version to retain and Number of days to retain. Step 3 To have Prime Infrastructure ignore commands for a particular device type, click the Advanced tab, choose the device type, and enter the commands to be ignored. If the device you specify has a change in its configuration and Prime Infrastructure detects that the change is in one of the commands in the exclude list, Prime Infrastructure does not create an archived version of the configuration with this change. Step 4 Click Save. Scheduling Configuration Archive Collection To specify when to archive configurations: Step 1 Choose Operate > Configuration Archives. Step 2 Choose the device(s) whose configuration you want to archive, then click Schedule Archive. Step 3 In the Configuration Archive Schedule window, enter schedule parameters for the archive collection. Step 4 Click Save. Step 5 To view the progress of the configuration archive job, choose Administration > Jobs Dashboard. Comparing Configuration Archives You can compare any two archived running or startup configurationss to find changes made to a device. If you decide to cancel a configuration change, you can roll back to any earlier archived configuration (see Rolling Back Configuration Changes). To compare archived configurations: Step 1 Choose Operate > Device Work Center. Step 2 Choose the device whose configurations you want to compare, then click Configuration Archive. The list of archived configurations for the selected device appears. Step 3 Click the expand icon for the archived configuration you want to compare with others. Step 4 Click the appropriate link in the Compare With column: a. To compare the running and startup configurations, click Startup. b. To cmpare the rarchived configuration with another archived version, click Other Version. Then select the other archived version and click Compare. c. To cmpare the rarchived configuration with an archived configuration on a different device, click Other Device. Then select the other device and click Compare. Step 5 To see only the differences between the two configuration archives you are comparing: a. Click Raw Configuration. b. From the Select Type drop-down menu, choose Difference only. The differences are highlighted in red. Rolling Back Configuration Changes You can use Prime Infrastructure to rollback a device's configuration to a previous version of the configuration. See Rolling Back Device Configuration Versions for more information.
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