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Configuration repository and backup management, Cli configuration management – Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.3.0 User Manual

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The Telnet session window displays.

Configuration repository and backup management

NOTE

Requires Mobility 5.3 or later.

Configuration repository and backup allows you to display each product configuration, including the
name of the product, the version number of the configuration, the software release the product is
running, and the product type, compare configurations, and backup configurations to the
management server.

Instructions for configuration repository and backup are detailed in

“Configuration File Manager

and Backup”

on page 1353 and include information about the following:

“Saving the configuration status”

on page 1357

“Viewing the configuration”

on page 1358

“Restoring a configuration”

on page 1361 (You can only restore configurations as startup.)

“Searching the Configuration File Manager”

on page 1361

“Exporting a configuration to a text file”

on page 1363

“Comparing configuration snapshots”

on page 1373

“Generating a configuration snapshot report”

on page 1375

“Viewing the pre- and post-configuration snapshot”

on page 1376

“Saving a configuration snapshot”

on page 1377

“Scheduling a configuration backup”

on page 1379

CLI configuration management

CLI configuration provides a text-based interface that allows you to enter command line interface
(CLI) commands to create configurations and reports for IronWare and Network OS devices. You
can deploy the configurations and reports on demand or at a scheduled time.

Instructions for creating product and monitoring configurations are detailed in

Chapter 34, “CLI

Configuration Management”

and include information about the following:

“Creating a new product configuration”

on page 1397

“Creating a monitoring configuration”

on page 1414

“Editing the Motorola Controller CLI responses properties file”

on page 1410

Some controller CLI commands require you to confirm command execution. By default, the
Management application confirms “Yes” to all confirmation commands. If you want to change the
confirmation command to “No” or “Abort”, complete the following steps.

1. Open the ipConfig.properties (located in Install_Home\conf\) file in a text editor.

2. Edit the flags, as needed.

# This flag will control the execution of Network OS and Controller

confirmation CLI commands.

# For example, reload or copy running-config startup-config. With this option