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Backing Up and Restoring Device Configurations

Enabling a Device to be Backed Up by NCM

You can choose whether or not to enable NCM for each device in Traverse by clicking the check box for Enable Network Configuration Management in the Device Parameters. You can also set an automated backup schedule for the device.

Before NCM can back up the configuration of a device, you must specify the exact type of network device it is.

Setting the Device Type for NCM

  1. Navigate to Config Mgmt > Configuration.
  2. Click on the name of the device you want to edit, and then click the edit icon (Word 80% / HTML 80%).
  3. In the Edit Device window, select from the drop-down menu of supported adapter types.
  4. Click Save.

Manually Backing Up Device Configurations

You can perform a manual device configuration backup at any time for a device that has NCM enabled.

  1. Navigate to Config Mgmt > Configuration.
  2. Click on the name of the device you want to back up, and then click the backup icon ( Word 80% / HTML 80%).

If the backup is successful, the status icon that appears next to the device will show a green check mark. If the backup is unsuccessful, it will show a red exclamation point.

Viewing Device Configurations

You can view the device configurations that NCM backs up.

  1. In the Traverse Web Application, navigate to Config Mgmt > Configuration.
  2. Double-click on the name of the device you want to view.
  3. A tab opens, displaying the properties that Traverse knows about the device, and a list of the configurations that have been backed up.
  4. Double-click on the name of the configuration you want to view.

A tab opens, displaying the device configuration.

Restoring Device Configurations

You can revert a device to any historical configuration NCM has backed up, for instance if a configuration change has caused a problem.

  1. Navigate to Config Mgmt > Configuration.
  2. Double-click on the name of the device you want to restore.
  3. Click the Show historical configurations check box.
  4. In the list of configurations, click on the name of the configuration version you want to restore, and then click the restore icon (Word 80% / HTML 80%).