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Managing Configuration Files
Configuration file management is available for Junos devices. These features allow the
NSM administrator to access the configuration in its native text format, typically ASCII
text, and process it in the NSM database where you can view it, compare it with other
configuration file versions, or use it to update a device.
You can fetch a configuration file from a device interactively from the NSM menus, or
you can set up a cron job to import the configuration text file periodically and put these
configuration file versions into the NSM database.
For a given device, you can see the different configuration file versions that are available,
as well as compare different versions. Right-click the device in the Device Manager. select
Config File Management from the list, and use the menu items.
Viewing and Comparing Configuration File Versions
If you choose Config File Management > Show Config File Versions , the Config File
Versions dialog box appears. This dialog box shows all the available versions of the
configuration file saved in the NSM database and, for each version, shows the version
number, the timestamp of when the version was imported and placed in the NSM
database, and a comment.
Click on an entry in the table to view the contents of a specific version. The text file
appears in the main part of the display. You can edit the comment that appears at the
top of the display.
You can select any two versions listed in the Config File Versions dialog box and compare
them. Click
Compare . The UI highlights any differences between the two files to facilitate
navigation to the detected differences.
Updating the Device with a Configuration File Version
You can select a version listed in the Config File Versions dialog box and use it to update
a specific device. Click
Update and answer Yes to the confirmation prompts. NSM
launches a job that updates the device with the selected configuration file.
Importing or Viewing the Current Version of the Configuration File
Select Config File Management > Import Config File to fetch the current version of the
configuration file from the device. NSM launches a job to complete the task.
Select Config File Management > View Running Config File to fetch the current
configuration and display it in the UI.
Select Config File Management > Diff Running Config File to compare the running
configuration on the device with the latest available version in the database. The display
highlights the differences.
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