Using Job Manager; Using Configuration Summaries - Juniper NETWORK AND SECURITY MANAGER 2010.4 - ADMININISTRATION GUIDE REV1 Administration Manual

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NOTE: When importing a NetScreen-500, 5000 series, or ISG series security
device, you must manually configure the network module (slot) before the
imported physical interfaces appear in the NSM UI. For details on defining
the Ethernet card and slot, see Network and Security Manager Configuring
ScreenOS and IDP Devices Guide.
Browse the device configuration tree and ensure that the management system
successfully imported all device configuration information, including zones, virtual
routers, and routes.

Using Job Manager

Job Manager tracks the status of major administrative tasks, such as importing or updating
a device. After you import a device, view the report for the import task to ensure that the
management system imported the device configuration as you expected.
NOTE: Job Manager configuration summaries and job information details do
not display passwords in the list of CLI commands for administrators that
do not have the assigned activity "View Device Passwords". By default, only
the super administrator has this assigned activity.
Job Manager also tracks the status of configuration summaries, described in the following
sections.

Using Configuration Summaries

NSM provides three configuration summaries to help you manage device configurations
and prevent accidental misconfiguration. Use configuration summaries after you import
a device to ensure that the management system imported the physical device
configuration as you expected.
Configuration summaries help with ongoing device maintenance, particularly for devices
on which a local device administrator has been troubleshooting using CLI commands or
the Web UI. Because the device object configuration in the NSM UI can overwrite the
physical device configuration, you should always confirm the commands that are sent
to the device.
Configuration Summary
A configuration summary shows you the exact CLI commands that will be sent to the
managed device during the next device update. To get a Configuration Summary, from
the Device Manager launchpad, click Device Config Options > Summarize Config. You
see a list of security devices to which you have access. Select the device you just imported
and click OK. NSM analyzes the UI device object configuration and generates a summary
report that lists the CLI commands or XML messages to send to the physical device during
the next device update.
For a just-imported device, the configuration summary report displays the device
configuration that matches the configuration currently running on the physical device.
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