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Is it possible to do a comparison of archived running configs?

I would like to see the changes made to a Cisco device between 2/1/16 and 2/10/16. The configs are in my archived configs location. Is this possible in Orion?

Thanks

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superfly

Yup all you need to do is go into Configs and select Configuration Management. Select the device and click on Compare node configs. Select Compare node configs.

This will open up a new window where you can select the 2 configs you wish to compare.

phillipcpatton

Superfly99,

Thanks for taking the time to reply to my request, however the key here is “Archived” configs. These are the ones from months or weeks ago that have been moved to our archive configs location. This is different than the ones that have not been archived which I can compare easily.

What I need to know is what Orion is using to do this comparison and create a report/job to compare two configs from the archive location. Our archive location is C:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion\NCM\Config-Archive\ These are archived using the Jobs – Weekly Export of Configs process.

I hope this makes sense if not please let me know what information I can supply to that will help.

Thanks

tinmann0715

Niiiice! Thank you for this!

superfly

Sorry yeah I missed the vital word, archive.

Only way I know then to compare 2 configs, is by using a file comparison program such as Diffchecker in that case. Cut and paste in the 2 files you wish to compare.

phillipcpatton

Thanks for your response.

I am curious how Orion compares the non-archived configurations. Can I replicate this process? I’m using ExamDiff now and that is ok but the Orion process is much more efficient and easy for users.

Can I populate the Orion DB somehow with the configurations I would like to compare. I guess what I’m asking is how exactly does the Orion compare process work and what is the archive process doing. Knowing this may help me “reverse” the archive process do a compare and then rerun the archive process to maintain cleanup.

Thanks