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Step 4Check the Sync Satellite(s) check box, if you wish to upgrade and synchronize the satellites. The Sync 
Satellite(s) check box is available only for Cisco ASR 9000 devices having satellites.
NoteSynchronization of satellites is done, only if the operation selected is activation or deactivation. 
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Rolling Back Cisco IOS XR Packages 
Rolling back a Cisco IOS XR package reverts the device packages to a previous installation 
state—specifically, to a package installation rollback point. If a package has been removed from a 
device, all rollback points associated with the package are also removed and it is no longer possible to 
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Step 7Click Rollback or Rollback and Commit.
NoteWe recommend that you do not commit package changes until the device runs with its 
configuration for a period of time, until you are sure the change is appropriate. In that way, the 
change is not yet persisted across device reloads. See Committing Cisco IOS XR Packages 
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Managing Device Configurations
The CCM Configuration Management feature enables you to control and track changes that are made to 
a device configuration. It uses a change management feature to detect ongoing changes to devices in two 
ways:
When doing periodic archiving of device configurations. If CCM detects a change in a configuration 
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deployment at a later time. The edited archive files are available in the Edited Archive tab. The total 
number of archives available in the database is also displayed in the header. The configuration, after 
deployment, can also be restored to the original state. Users can only see devices that are in their device 
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NoteCCM does not support the view, compare, edit, and, edit and restore operations if the configuration file 
is in binary format.
Protecting and Labeling Important Configurations in the Archive
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NoteThe option to edit existing device archive file and save the edited file is not available for non-Cisco 
devices.
Edit archive files following the procedure below:
Step 1From the Archive page, choose a configuration file, and click Edit.
Step 2Edit and save the configuration file.
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Compare Cisco IOS running and startup configurations to see how they are out of sync.
Compare the configurations on two different devices to find out how they are different.
Compare the configurations after eliminating excluded 4.3.2 from comparison.
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Specified FTP or SFTP server must have sufficient free space to accommodate the exported 
configurations. Also, the destination subdirectory on the FTP or SFTP server must have the required 
permissions.
To export configuration files:
Step 1Choose Configurations > Archives and locate the archives you want to export. You can click the 
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Before You Begin
Make sure the specified FTP or SFTP server must have sufficient free space to accommodate the 
exported configurations. Also, the destination subdirectory on the FTP or SFTP server must have the 
required permissions.
To view differences and synchronize configurations:
Step 1Choose Configurations > Synchronize. CCM lists all...