Network Management

How to Create / Schedule a Config Change Report in NCM

Details on a report that would display configuration changes made based on specified criteria.

First published date

10/10/2018 8:05 PM

Last published date

1/12/2023 7:33 AM

Overview

This article provides detailed steps on how to configure a report based on specified criteria which will provide details on changes made to the device's configuration.

Product section

Network Configuration Manager

Resolution

  1. Log in to Orion Web Console.
  2. Open My Dashboard > Network Configuration > Jobs.
  3. Click Create a New Job.
  4. Give the job a title.
  5. Select "Generate A Config Change Report" as a job type.
  6. Pick a schedule and click Next.
  7. Select Nodes for which you want to run the report and click Next.
  8. Choose "Save Results To File" and fill in the path and filename details and/or configure email notification and click Next.
  9. Configure the job-specific details: 
    • Compare most recent Download to the Running Startup, or Baseline Config:
      This displays all the differences between the last downloaded configuration file and the most recent version of the selected configuration type.
    • Compare the most recent Download to the Configuration on a specified date:
      This shows all differences between the most recent downloaded configuration file and a configuration file from the specified date.
      Note: If no configuration file was downloaded on the specified date, the next configuration file downloaded after that date is used.
    •  Show changes made over the past ## days:
      This shows you all changes that were made over the specified number of days.
    • Show changes made between one date and another:
      This shows you all changes that were made over the specified date range.
    • Select Only send devices that had changes, as needed.
  10. Click Next and then Finish.