Export all device configuration files from GUI/CLI to a file on a local disk.

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

How to export all device configuration files from Smarts NCM to a file on a local disk using GUI/CLI?

Environment

NCM - 10.1.x

Resolution

• Using the Smarts NCM console:

1. In Smarts NCM, navigate to the following location:

Networks --> [Network Name] --> Devices

2. Select the devices with the configurations you want to save. 
3. Right click and select Save to --> Save to File. 
4. Specify the location on the local system disk where you would like to save the configurations text file (*.txt). Image added for reference:

 

 

• Using NCM AS CLI:

 

The extract_config.sh script, which is located in the $VOYENCE_HOME/tools directory, allows the user to extract configuration data from NCM AS (Application Server). This script can be executed using crontab.

 

Options available with script are:

• -network network_name
• -outputdir path_name
• -user user_name
• -password user_password
• -ext file_extension_name
• -debug

Example:

Example will extract all the Smarts NCM device configurations (running and startup, if available with device) from the "Labs" network, and save it in /home/ directory and file extension would be *.csv.
 

./extract_config.sh -network Labs -outputdir /home/ -user <user with admin privilege> -password <Input password here> -ext csv