Owner's Manual
868 Backing Up / Restoring
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Select the Configuration File to back up
The Vendor Configuration portion of this screen varies, depending on the type of equipment
you are backing up. Hover your cursor over the offered alternatives for more information. For
example, a Netscreen device lets you check
Save Config to Last Good
(label).
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You can also select a label to update (
Update Label when complete
) to add this configuration
backup.
Compare Options
7 Compare against label
lets you compare a current backup against an existing, labelled backup.
NOTE:
If you select Current as the label to compare with, remember that Current automatically collects the most
recent backups for the selected device. After the backup you are configuring here is complete, the
application updates Current so it now points to this backup.
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The
Auto Compare
checkbox lets you automatically detect whether any difference exists
between the current backup and the selected label.
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Enter a description, and select any other vendor-specific information from the available fields.
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Set
Send e-mail to contact
if you want to send e-mail to the selected contacts after you
complete the backup. The checkbox enables this function. This sends standard e-mails to the
selected contact with subject lines like this:
Backup: JunM5-1-192.168.1.109 December Rev: 4 --> No Change
If the backup is a file that is different from previous versions, the differences are in a file
attached to the e-mail. To use this function, you must set up the following fields: