Manage versions of sharable appliance settings
Every time that sharable appliance settings are changed, the DataPower appliance manager automatically creates a copy of the new shareable appliance settings as a new settings version. We can view a list of all of the available settings versions available for an managed set, we can change which version is the active version, or we can copy a version to another managed set.
To manage the versions of sharable appliance settings for a managed set, in the administrative console, click...
Servers > DataPower > Managed sets > managedset_name > Settings > Version history
Complete one or more of the following actions to display a list of all of the versions of sharable appliance settings available for a managed set, display information about a specific version, deploy a previous version, or associate a version with another managed set.
Tasks
- View the list of available versions.
- To change which sharable appliance settings version is the active version, select a version> Change Settings Version . The DataPower appliance manager automatically synchronizes all of the appliances in the managed set to use the new active version.
- To view information about a specific version, click the name of that version.
- To change the description that is specified for a specific version, click the name of that version and update the Description field.
- To associate the selected version to another managed set, click the name of that version, and then, in the Additional Properties section, click Copy to another managed set.
- Use the wizard, choose a managed set from the list of managed sets> Next
- View the summary information to verify that we have selected the correct managed set> Finish
The Copy to another Managed Set wizard starts and enables us to copy the selected version to a different managed set. The sharable appliance settings are applied to all appliances in this other managed set.
After the initial copy of the sharable appliance settings, the two managed sets are managed independently. Therefore, future changes to the sharable appliance settings in one managed set are not reflected in the other managed set.
If we click Servers > DataPower > Managed sets, click the name of the managed set that we selected in the wizard, and then, in the Settings section, click Version history, we should see a new version as the active sharable appliance settings version for that managed set. The new active version is the version that the Copy to another Managed Set wizard created during the copy process.
What to do next
Change the active settings version or copying the settings to another managed set causes a task to be created. To monitor the progress of this task, in the administrative console, click...
Servers > DataPower > Tasks
Subtopics
- Settings history collection for a DataPower appliance manager
Use this page to view the settings history for a DataPower appliance manager. A settings version is an automatically generated copy of the sharable appliance settings for the master appliance in a managed set.- Settings version Collection
View detailed information about a specific settings version for the appliances in a managed set. A settings version is an automatically generated copy of the shareable appliance settings for the appliances in a managed set.
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