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Config Changes Report

1. I want to create a monthly overview of all the changes that are been made during the previous month. There is no option in the "config change report"-tab : you only can show changes over the past x days or select a time period between two dates. This means I cannot take this report into a schedule.

2. If I ask for a "changes" report, I don't want to see lines like "no changes" or "no configs to compare".

Maybe there is another way to generate this type of reports ?

Thanks for help,

Lex

  • 1. I want to create a monthly overview of all the changes that are been made during the previous month. There is no option in the "config change report"-tab : you only can show changes over the past x days or select a time period between two dates. This means I cannot take this report into a schedule.

    That's correct.   I agree, this is a good idea.   If there are others out there interested in this enhancement, please chime in.    For internal folks, this is being tracked as #4497

  • This would be so beneficial for us and a great idea!

  • Hi Chris,

    It took me a while, but I think I found a solution. First I had to learn SQL to write my own script. Then I looked for help to integrate my query into a VBS-script. During my quest I discovered different obstacles to be taken : if you schedule backups of your devices for both running and starting configs then the standard 'config changes' report doesn't make a difference and lists all possible diffs he finds, mixing running and starup configs. At the end you don't have any clue about the origin of the reported changes. Then, when I got this sorted out, I saw that in the standard report, where you can only select a time period, forgets to mention the first change of that period ! I give an example : my selection = november 1. till november 30. and for a certain device I have 3 backups on october 27. , november 2. and november 28. In this case I see only the changes btwn nov 2. and nov 28. but NOT btwn oct 27. and nov 2. !

    So finaly I have now a working VBS-script that can be scheduled and I think it can be usefull to others. Because we are only interested in the changes of our critical devices, I used the 'Asset Tag' in the NPM database (not available in NCM). That's why I had to JOIN the two databases to get my results. Simply rename the file to chconf.vbs and modify the coloured text.

    Lex

  • Hi Lex--

    Thanks for sharing this information with the community. It's very helpful.

    M