Quick start manual

11
Configuration Management
Dell OpenManage Network Manager lets you manage device configurations. Before you begin that
management, you must first configure an Configure an FTP/TFTP Server to get or send such
configurations from / to devices. After configuring the Configure an FTP/TFTP Server, you can do
Do Configuration File Backup / Restore described below.
How To:
Configure an FTP/TFTP Server
Follow these steps to configure a server:
1 Click either the Common Setup Tasks portlet’s Netrestore File Servers link, or right click and
select
New in the File Servers portlet.
2 After entering all required details click Save to save new file server.
3 Optionally click Tes t to validate the new file server is working.
How To:
Do Configuration File Backup / Restore
Provided you have permissions, you can backup configuration file(s) for a single device or group of
devices, either on demand or as scheduled. Follow these steps:
1 In the default Dell OpenManage Network Manager screen layout, go to the Configuration
Management > Summary page.
2 In the Managed Resources portlet, select (click on) a Managed Resource of interest.
3 Right-click on selected resource in the Managed Resources portlet, and then click File
Management > Restore
or Backup . See File Management on page 223 of the Synergy User
Guide
for more details.
4 Enter the information needed to create the backup or restoration.
5 Optionally click Add Schedule to schedule the backup task. See Schedules on page 95 of the
Synergy User Guide for details.
6 Click Execute to immediately do backup or Save to save the configured backup to run later.
How To:
Restore a single configuration to many target devices
The following steps describe restoring a single configuration to many discovered devices without
overwriting those devices’ essential information.