Replicating configurations – Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.3.0 User Manual

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Configuration file management

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Backup Type — Backup options include the following types:

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Discovery — The discovery backup is obtained after the discovery process.

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Event Triggered— Occurs when a trap is generated by the device during a
configuration change.

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Manual — Occurs when you click the Save Running/Startup Configuration button.

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Scheduled — Occurs when backup is obtained at the scheduled time.

4. Perform one of the following actions:

Click the Refresh button to update the network and retrieve the latest data from the
database.

Click the View button to compare the contents of the latest configuration and the baseline
configuration. You can view only one configuration at a time.

5. Click OK to save the configuration.

6. Click Cancel to exit the dialog box.

Replicating configurations

NOTE

This feature requires a Trial or Licensed version.

You can replicate a switch SNMP configuration, the Fabric Watch configuration, Trace Destination
configuration, or the entire configuration.

1. Select Configure > Configuration File > Replicate > Configuration.

A wizard is launched to guide you through the process. The first step of the wizard, Overview,
displays. There are seven steps in the Replicate Switch Configuration:

Overview, which describes the wizard.

Configuration Type, which allows you to select the type of configuration you wish to replicate.
For more information about the fields and components of this step, refer to

Table 58

on

page 650.

Source Location, which allows you to select the location of the configuration you wish to
replicate. For more information about the fields and components of this step, refer to

Table 59

on page 650.

Source Configuration, which allows you to select the source switch to replicate. For more
information about the fields and components of this step, refer to

Table 60

on page 650.

Destination Switches, which allows you to select the destination switch. For more information
about the fields and components of this step, refer to

Table 61

on page 651.

Validation, which lists the configuration settings that you can validate before you replicate. For
more information about the fields and components of this step, refer to

Table 62

on page 653.

Summary, which lists the replication settings that successfully ran on all the selected
destination switches. For more information about the fields and components of this step, refer
to

Table 63

on page 653.

2. To proceed to the next step in the wizard, click Next. To return to the previous screen, click

Previous.

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