Overview
The Resource Browser is a high level translation of native resource commands. The various drop down lists are dynamically generated based on the type of resource you are working with. Should you want to view the actual native resource commands for a configuration, you can do so. Your window will show only those system resources for which you have authorization for display or control.
You can display the following editable configurations for all device model types:
- Current resource configuration
- Previous configuration
- Previously saved draft configuration
- All configurations for a specific resource
Configuration validation
The values you provide for the various configuration parameters must be valid for the appropriate VTMOS. The system does not validate configuration data for most fields.
Disaster recovery
If a network resource becomes unmanageable for any reason, you often need to revert to a previous good configuration. You normally do so by applying a versioned configuration. When a versioned configuration is normally applied, Netcool Configuration Manager calculates the differences between the configuration currently running on the resource and the old (versioned) configuration. These changes are then applied to the network resource. If the device is unmanageable, you can instead select the disaster recovery mode when applying a versioned configuration. By doing so, you can push the entire versioned configuration to the device using the native CLI commands.
Note that this will require the device to be rebooted if it uses a startup and running configuration and should only be used as a last resort to recover the network device.
Importing configurations
Netcool Configuration Manager allows both manual and automated initial input of your network resource information into the Netcool Configuration Manager database.