Standalone VGA Grid User's Guide

Standalone VGA Grid User

Guide

Save and restore device configuration

The previously used backup and restore procedure is replaced by configuration presets, which are the perfect

way to backup all or any set of your configuration items for future import back to the same system or

another. See Configuration presets for more details.

After completing configuration of your Standalone VGA Grid, it is good practice to save the system

configuration so you may restore it at a later date (i.e. after a change that wasn’t wanted, or after a factory

reset). In addition to full configuration backups, you can also save and restore configuration preset groups -

see Configuration presets for details about that feature.

This section covers the following topics:

l Save device configuration

l Load a saved device configuration

Save device configuration

Standalone VGA Grid's Admin panel allows you to save the current system configuration to your admin

computer's hard drive. It’s good practice to do this before making any major changes to a working

configuration and before doing a firmware update.

The resulting backup file includes all non-default configuration settings for the system, except the

user passwords which are reset when a configuration is restored.

Configuration backup files are only guaranteed to work with the same firmware version with

which they were created. Normally there is no issue loading an older configuration file on a newer

release, but the reverse is not true and there are exceptions where older configuration files are

not supported in a new release.

To save the current system configuration:

1. Login to the Admin panel as admin. See Connect to the Admin panel.

2. Select the Maintenance link in the Configuration menu; the maintenance page opens.

3. Click the Backup button next to Backup Current Configuration; the system performs a backup and

depending on your browser the file is either automatically downloaded or you are asked to save the

file.

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