Is it possible to get NCM to check age of firmware image?

Hello there! I'm trying to audit all my old Cisco devices and while NCM can easily printout code versions, it's often hard to see whether rev 9 or B or whatever is reasonably up to date or if it's actually a decade old, particularly for older/EOL devices. Is it possible to read the output of a 'show ver' knowing there is (almost always) a line that looks like this:

Compiled Thu 21-Jul-11 01:53 by prod_rel_team

And then somehow parse that into NCM?

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sja

Sure I run into the same thing with Juniper and Cisco HW changes

we backup the output of the command that gives the results you need..

Device template not for backup configuration..

Cisco Devices template with "show Module"

rmeskill

So I don't need the output of 'show module', just 'show version', which I now see is an option on Inventory gathering. And I suppose I can define a rule based on that and roll it up into a policy, but how do I report on that from there? And is there a way to intelligently gather that date using a regular expression such that it'll be sortable later? The output should always look like this: 'Compiled Thu 03-Nov-16 13:52 by prod_rel_team' and I just want the date in there...

sja

Because you have now "backup" of "show xyz" and now you can use "Compliance" to find it.

That one give explanation

Using Compliance Reporting to Verify Juniper Alternate Slice Version