Configuration Backup and Restoration

During normal operation, Iotellect Network Manager performs periodic backup of configurations for all devices that has been properly configured for configuration management. Configuration rollback (restoration) is a manual operation that takes place if a certain device experiences some troubles.

Once a new configuration is received from a device, it's added to a server-side configuration history only if it has some differences from a previous backup.

Each device managed by Iotellect Network Manager can have several types of configurations. Each time a configuration is backed up, its type is saved and kept along with the configuration text.

Example: Most Cisco devices have two configuration types: startup configuration saved in the flash memory and running configuration that includes changes made since device startup.

Configuration types are:

• Available in Read Configuration Expression, Write Configuration Expression, Backup Sequence and Restore Sequence. This allows those tools to base their behavior upon configuration type.
• Saved into configuration database and displayed in the historical configuration list.

To manually initiate an immediate configuration backup of a device, run Backup Configuration action and specify type of configuration to backup. This action is located in Configuration Management group.

To restore configuration of a device to a version that was backed up earlier, run Restore Configuration action. This action is located in Configuration Management group.

The action will first prompt to select a configuration from the list of available backups.

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