Exporting Switch Configuration Information; Displaying Change Reports In External Applications - Brocade Communications Systems A7990A - StorageWorks SAN Director 4/16 Blade Switch Administrator's Manual
Brocade fabric manager administrator's guide (53-10000196-01-hp, november 2006)
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Using Snapshots and Change Reports
Exporting Switch Configuration Information
If the snapshot contains any switch configuration information, you can extract this information and
export it to a file using the Export Switch Config button in the View Change Reports and Snapshots
tab.
To export switch configuration information
1.
Click Tasks > Change Management > View CM reports.
The Change Management dialog displays with the View Change Reports and Snapshots tab
selected (see
2.
Select the fabric containing the snapshots you want.
The Reports section for that switch displays a list of profiles and associated snapshots for that
fabric.
3.
Select a snapshot in the Reports section.
4.
Click Export Switch Config (in the Snapshots area) to extract switch configuration from the
snapshot and export it to a file.
The Save dialog displays. You get an error message if the snapshot does not contain any switch
configuration information.
5.
Type a name for the file and browse to the location where you want to save the file, then click Save.
Displaying Change Reports in External
Applications
When you export change management change reports in XML format (see
Change Reports" on page
be used to translate the XML file into an Excel spreadsheet or another software applications that allows
you to open XML files. You can edit change management change reports in the Excel spreadsheet or
similar software application.
Note
You do not have to use an xslt file, but the translated information is not very useful without the style
sheet.
To open a change management change report (saved as an XML file) in Excel
1.
Launch Excel 2003/XP (or later).
2.
Click File > Open.
The Open dialog displays.
3.
Navigate to the XML file, and click Open.
The Import XML dialog displays and asks if you want to open a stylesheet.
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Figure 9-3 on page
9-7).
9-9), an xslt file (style sheet) is also saved with the XML file. The xslt file can
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