Extreme Management Center lets you compare two different archives for the same
device and monitor any changes in device attributes.
Management Center compares archives using a set group of
attributes you saved when the archive was performed.
The values for these attributes appear in a table with any
differences between the values flagged by a yellow Diff icon
. Use
the
Select Archive Versions
window to select the configurations you want to compare, and the Compare Archives window
to view the comparison results.
- Access the Select Archive Versions window from the Archive tab by right-clicking an archive name, archive version, or configuration file in the right-panel navigation tree or by right-clicking in the main panel and selecting Compare Archives.
The Select Archive Versions window opens. - The Select Archive Versions window displays two Archive trees (identical to the Archive left-panel navigation tree in the Archives tab). Expand the folders as necessary to select the two archive versions or configurations you wish to compare. Compare two individual configurations for the same device, or compare two different archive versions (select versions that share common devices). Click the Compare button.
- The Compare Archive Versions window opens to display the results of the comparison. The Devices table in the middle of the window displays each device included in
the comparison. Any differences between
the two versions is flagged by a yellow Diff icon .
If there are many devices being compared, a progress bar
indicates the progress of the operation. You can stop the compare operation by
pressing the Abort Compare button.
- Once the compare operation is complete, select the device in the Summary table whose comparison results you wish to see. The results are displayed in the Device table at the bottom of the window.
In addition, the following buttons are available in the window only for archives that include device configuration data:
- View Config File — Opens the Configuration File Viewer and displays the archived config file of the selected device. This option is only available when there are no differences between the two config files being compared.
- Compare Config Files — Opens the Configuration File Compare window and displays the two archived config files for the selected device. This option is only available when there are differences between the two config files being compared.
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