Managing Configuration Files Through the Configuration History (J-Web Procedure)
This topic applies only to the J-Web Application package.
Use the Configuration History function to manage configuration files.
Displaying Configuration History
To manage configuration files with the J-Web interface, select Maintain > Config Management > History. The main pane displays History — Database Information page.
Table 1 summarizes the contents of the display.
The configuration history display allows you to:
View a configuration.
Compare two configurations.
Download a configuration file to your local system.
Roll back the configuration to any of the previous versions stored on the switch.
Field |
Description |
---|---|
Number |
Version of the configuration file. |
Date/Time |
Date and time the configuration was committed. |
User |
Name of the user who committed the configuration. |
Client |
Method by which the configuration was committed:
|
Comment |
Comment. |
Log Message |
Method used to edit the configuration:
|
Action |
Action to perform with the configuration file. The action can be Download or Rollback. |
Displaying Users Editing the Configuration
To display a list of users editing the switching platform configuration, select Config Management > History. The list is displayed as Database Information in the main pane. Table 2 summarizes the Database Information display.
Field |
Description |
---|---|
User Name |
Name of user editing the configuration. |
Start Time |
Time of day the user logged in to the switch. |
Idle Time |
Elapsed time since the user issued a configuration command from the CLI. |
Terminal |
Terminal on which the user is logged in. |
PID |
Process identifier assigned to the user by the switching platform. |
Edit Flags |
Designates a private or exclusive edit. |
Edit Path |
Level of the configuration hierarchy that the user is editing. |
See Also
Comparing Configuration Files with the J-Web Interface
To compare any two of the past 50 committed configuration files:
Downloading a Configuration File with the J-Web Interface
To download a configuration file from the switch to your local system:
Loading a Previous Configuration File with the J-Web Interface
To load (roll back) and commit a previous configuration file stored on the switching platform: