Quick Reference Guide

46 Backup / Restore / Deploy
• If you select two backed-up devices, you can select Compare to view a side-by-side
comparison of the two devices’ configuration files with the differences highlighted. You can
also select only a single device with more than one configuration backup and compare those,
after selecting backup versions on a subsequent screen.
Alternatively, you can double-click a device listed in
Resources (or select Open from the context or
Action button menu). When you do, the Equipment Editor opens, and if the device supports
backup/ restore, the
File Management node appears in the tree on the left side of the screen.
• Select
Current Config to display the current configuration of the device. If you have not yet
backed up the configuration, that occurs when you select this node.
• Select
Configurations to see the history of configuration backups. This application keeps
track of the versions, and lets you label them (for example
Compliant , or a user-configured
label). If you select two backed up versions, you can click
Compare to see the differences
color-coded, side by side.
•
Audit History under the File Management node tracks all backups and restorations.
See the online help for the screens connected to these functions for more information.
Deploy
Once you have set up FTP / TFTP, and have enabled a driver that supports deploying firmware or
operating systems to the discovered devices, you can click the
action button (or right-click) menu
for the menu item
File Management -> Deploy. This lets you sends firmware or operating system
updates to the selected device(s), provided you have previously loaded those update files.
To load a firmware or operating system image file, open
OS Images in the navigation pane. Follow
the instructions in the
User Guide or in online help to load that image into the database.
When you click
Deploy in the File Management menu, a subsequent screen presents the images
and available deployment parameters. Select
Deploy Now or Schedule Deploy .
More details about deployment appear in the
User Guide or online help.