The functions provided by configuration management enable you, among other things, to backup and restore configurations and to transfer a configuration from one device to another. If the firmware versions of the two devices are different the program will display the difference in the configurations, warning you that parameters will be lost. This menu item is also used for file management, as used to upload special files such as templates or certificates directly into the device.
The following configuration-specific actions are available:
- Loads the configuration of the selected device using the connection settings as defined in the properties, assuming that a connection can be established in this way. In the subsequent print dialog you can select the same output options as you can under . The configuration is printed out after confirmation.
- Save as file
- Saves the configuration of the chosen device as a configuration file to a location that you select. Enter a name for the configuration file in the file selection dialog. Then click on Save.
- Restore from file
- Loads a configuration file into the specified device (e.g. from an automatic backup). In the file-selection dialog, select the configuration file that you wish to upload, and click on OK.
- Save script as file
- Saves the configuration of the chosen device as a script file to a location that you select. When doing this you can select the same options as you can when saving a file.
- Restore script from file
- Loads a script file into the specified device (e.g. from an automatic backup).
- Save certificate as file
- In the file dialog that opens, you specify which certificate should be saved to a file from the chosen device. The file type depends on the certificate selected.
- Upload certificate or file
- This menu item is used to upload certificates and special files to the device. Certificates are required, for example, when using VPN encryption or for operating a WLAN controller. Special files, on the other hand, are files with which you can replace device-specific templates (e.g. custom templates for the Rollout Wizard) or which are required for certain features by the device (e.g. the Terms and Conditions for the Public Spot module).
Note: You can enter a description for any configuration that you save. This is a convenient way of maintaining various configurations for different devices.
