Working With Unused Shared Objects; Searching For Unused Shared Objects; Deleting An Unused Shared Object; Working With Object Versions - Juniper NETWORK AND SECURITY MANAGER 2010.4 - ADMININISTRATION GUIDE REV1 Administration Manual

Working with Unused Shared Objects

Working with Object Versions

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The selected object replaces all instances of the original object in your current working
domain.
Check your security policies for any errors that might result. You can always edit or
5.
remove any duplicate objects in the security policy.
Keep the following limitations in mind when replacing objects:
NSM provides no validation checking when replacing address objects.
Replace With operations cannot be rolled back.

Searching for Unused Shared Objects

You can locate unused shared objects in NSM based on selective nodes (address, service,
and so on). This feature is available through the NSM GUI.
To located an unused shared object:
Search for the unused object.
1.
From the menu bar at the top, select View > Search Unused Objects
The Search Unused Objects window appears. By default, the all search categories
are preselected. You can narrow the search by unchecking unnecessary categories.
Right-click on a shared object node (for example, Address Objects) and select
Search Unused Objects.
Select the search categories and click Next.
2.
The Unused Shared Object List appears.

Deleting an Unused Shared Object

You can delete unused shared objects in NSM using he NSM GUI.
To delete a located unused shared object:
From the Unused Search Object List, select the shared objects to be deleted and click
1.
Next.
An Object Deletion Warning appears.
Click Finish to delete the objects.
2.
The selected objects are deleted and do not appear in the NSM GUI windows.
You can use the NSM GUI to work with multiple versions of NSM objects. You can create
a new object version (for example, a database version), search for existing versions with
and without filters, edit comments about versions, compare two versions, restore an
older version, filter and sort versions, display the differences between versions, and update
a device to an older object version.
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