Saving and restoring configuration settings

Your library configuration can be saved and restored automatically by a cookie and manually by with the Web User Interface. It is recommended that you use the Web User Interface method whether you use the cookie method.

Important: Verify all configuration settings after your library configuration is restored. Reset the library date and time (see Configuring date and time settings).

Saving and restoring configuration automatically with cookies

If allowed by your web browser preference settings, cookies are employed to automatically save your library configuration on your host computer and automatically restore your library configuration if your library network configuration uses a static IP address. The following flowchart illustrates how VPD data is saved from and restored to a library with cookies.

Figure 1. Save/Restore configuration with cookies

Save/Restore configuration with cookies

Saving and restoring configuration manually with Web User Interface

Figure 2. Save configuration

Save configuration
Note: This procedure is recommended.

Each time that you change the configuration of your library, save the configuration. This function also maintains several library configuration profiles that can be restored to the library when wanted with the Web User Interface.

To save a library configuration:
  1. In the Configure Library menu in the left navigation pane of the Web User Interface, click Save/Restore
  2. In the Save Library Settings box, click Save to create a configuration file of your library on your computer.
To restore a library configuration:
  1. Click Browse to navigate to and select your saved configuration file.
  2. Click Restore to load the settings from a file.