Technical Documentation

Validating a Service

These procedures validate a deployed service instance. You can perform a functional audit or a configuration audit. You can perform the audit immediately, or you can schedule it.

Use these procedures to validate a service instance:

Performing a Functional Audit

A functional audit verifies that a deployed service instance is functioning on the device.

To perform a functional audit, follow these steps:

  1. In the Ethernet Activator task ribbon, select the Service Provisioning workspace icon.
  2. In the task ribbon, select Manage Services.

    The Audit Services screen appears. It lists all deployed services.

  3. In the Manage Services screen, select the service you want to audit.
  4. In the Actions panel, select Perform Functional Audit.
  5. In the Schedule Functional Audit window, either:
    • Select Audit Now, and then click OK.

      An Audit Information window appears and provides a link to details about the audit in the Jobs workspace.

    • Select Audit Later, enter a date and time, and then click OK.
  6. To monitor the progress of an audit after selecting Audit Now in the previous step, click the Job ID in the Audit Information window. The Manage Jobs screen shows information about the functional audit job. An example follows:Image s600414.gif

    The State field tells you whether the service passed or failed the audit. If the service failed the audit, then the Summary field provides information about the failure.

    To monitor the progress of an audit after selecting Audit Later in the previous step, after the scheduled time of the audit, follow these steps:

    1. In the task ribbon, select the Job Management workspace icon.
    2. in the Job Types window, select the Functional Audit segment of the pie chart.
    3. Select the functional audit of interest from the inventory list.

      Summary information about the audit appears in the quick look panel.

    4. In the filter bar, select the table view icon to see additional information about the job. If the service failed the audit, information about the failure appears in the Summary field.

Performing a Configuration Audit

A configuration audit checks that the network devices are correctly configured to support the requested services and to ensure that the configuration on the device is synchronized with the Junos Space database.

To perform a configuration audit, follow these steps:

  1. In the Ethernet Activator task ribbon, select the Service Provisioning workspace icon.
  2. In the task ribbon, select Manage Services.

    The Manage Services screen appears. It lists all deployed services.

  3. In the Manage Services screen, select the service you want to audit.
  4. In the Actions panel, select Perform Configuration Audit.
  5. In the Schedule Configuration Audit window, either:
    • Select Audit Now, and then click OK.

      An Audit Information window appears and provides a link to details about the audit in the Jobs workspace.

    • Select Audit Later, enter a date and time, and then click OK.
  6. To monitor the progress of an audit after selecting Audit Now in the previous step, click the Job ID in the Audit Information window. The Manage Jobs screen shows information about the configuration audit job. An example follows:Image s600413.gif

    The State field tells you whether the service passed or failed the audit. If the service failed the audit, then the Summary field provides information about the failure.

    To monitor the progress of an audit after selecting Audit Later in the previous step, after the scheduled time of the audit, follow these steps:

    1. In the task ribbon, select the Job Management workspace icon.
    2. in the Job Types window, select the Configuration Audit segment of the pie chart.
    3. Select the configuration audit of interest from the inventory list.

      Summary information about the audit appears in the quick look panel.

    4. In the filter bar, select the table view icon to see additional information about the job. If the service failed the audit, information about the failure appears in the Summary field.
  7. If the configuration audit failed, view the results of the configuration audit as follows:
    1. Return to the Manage Services inventory screen and select the service.
    2. In the Actions panel, select View Configuration Audit Results.

      The Configuration Audit Results screen shows the configuration elements that are inconsistent or missing on the device.

Published: 2009-12-15