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Controlling and Provisioning Network Devices Provisioning a Device
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FIGURE 5-12 Initial Backup Window
Note: If you have modified your network configuration for Rapier or CPE devices, such as adding or modifying VLANs, you should
back up your configuration information as soon as possible. Make sure the Overwrite boot configuration file with running
configuration checkbox is checked.
If the backup is to occur now, click Finish. For scheduled or Recurring backups, click Next, and the Recurring Schedule
window will appear, as shown in the following figure.
TABLE 5-4 Backup Device Configuration Fields
Field Meaning
Listed Device(s) Device(s) that will have a backup created.
Devices in subnet Backs up all devices for the specified subnet. The query is done when the
task is executed, so that for a recurring task, new devices added since that
task was created will be backed up during the next execution of the task.
Backup File Name Descriptive name for the backup file. If the filename is not specified, the
filename is generated by the NMS and will include the date and time of the
backup.
Backup identical configuration When checked, backs up and saves configuration files for devices where the
files have not changed. The default is not to save identical configuration files
(the tic box is not checked).
Overwrite boot config with running
config (for Rapier and CPE devices)
Make the current configuration (reflected in the configuration database) the
default. This applies to Rapier and CPE devices only.