User guide

Provisioning a Device Configuration File Management
AlliedView NMS Administration Guide (Controlling and Provisioning Network Devices)
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FIGURE 5-27 Upload Window for Configuration Mgt Files
Click Next to bring up the Schedule Panel, where the user can select Now (default), One Time (Schedule) or Recurring date/
time.
Clicking on Finish begins execution immediately (Now).
Note: Blank names are suitable for recurrent uploads since new names will be chosen by the system as uploads
are performed. If you enter a name and specify recurrent uploads, the same name will be used and the files
will be overwritten.
5.3.4.2 Download Config File Window
The Download Config File window provides a restore function.The user is prompted to select a file name from a list of files
for the highlighted devices. This window works as follows:
• All files with the same names for the selected devices are displayed.
• One commonly-named set of files can be selected for download to selected devices. If any device doesn't have a file name
shared by all the others, then none will be available for selection. When this happens, the list will be initially empty.
• When downloaded, separate files are downloaded from respective device-specific directories to each device. The files may
be renamed during download by entering a new name in the text field below the table. If the name is incorrectly formatted,
download attempts will be cancelled and an error message will popup.
• The Source directories option determines whether they are downloaded form the backup subtree or from the user's (root)
device subtree. When the source directory is changed, the list of files will change accordingly. Whenever such a change
results in an empty list, a warning message will appear.
Note: If one or more iMAPs are included in the device selection, the backup option is unavailable, since
Configuration File Management is for text-based files, and iMAP backup files are database files in binary
format. The user’s subtree will contain the text config files that were uploaded using this application.
• If Make default configuration is selected, the downloaded files will become the default configurations on the devices
(applied the next time the devices are rebooted).
• If Restart is selected, the device will be rebooted upon completion of the download
Note: Once the download is complete, rediscover the device to ensure the data in the configuration file is
communicated to the AlliedView NMS.