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Setting Up Change and Configuration 
Management
Cisco Prime Network Change and Configuration Management (CCM) allows you to manage the device 
configurations and software images used by the devices in your network. These topics explain how to 
use CCM:
Workflow for Setting Up CCM, page 3-2
Setting Up Prime Network to Work With CCM, page 3-2
Setting Up Devices to Work With CCM, page 3-4
Setting Up Configuration Management, page 3-5
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Workflow for Setting Up CCM
The following table provides the basic workflow for setting up CCM.
Setting Up Prime Network to Work With CCM
These topics describe how to set up Prime Network to use the CCM features:
Configuring Prime Network for CCM, page 3-2
Checking Prime Network Global Settings for CCM Operations, page 3-4
Configuring Prime Network for CCM
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–To check the TFTP directory:
./runRegTool.sh -gs 127.0.0.1 get IP-address avm83/services/tftp/read-dir
./runRegTool.sh -gs 127.0.0.1 get IP-address avm83/services/tftp/write-dir
–To change the TFTP directory (optional):
./runRegTool.sh -gs 127.0.0.1 set IP-address avm83/services/tftp/read-dir 
tftp-dir-name
./runRegTool.sh -gs 127.0.0.1 set IP-address...

 
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For IPv6, CCM functions run smoothly when the network and devices have IPv6 addresses.
Prime Network’s information must be consistent with the device configuration.
–The SCP port configured on the device VNE (Prime Networks model of the device) must match 
the SCP port used by the device. If a device is not using the default SCP port, the VNE must 
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change notifications to Prime Network. If you will be using event-triggered archiving, make sure the 
logging gateway-IP command is configured on all devices. For CPT devices, the TL1 protocol must 
be enabled in the VNE Properties, and the default TL1 port is 3082.
The SNMP read-write community configured on the device must match the SNMP read-write 
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–The TFTP source interface on the devices must be able to reach the unit. Otherwise, the 
configuration management jobs that require TFTP may fail.
–To use SFTP/SCP for configuration file transfers from a device to a unit, ensure that an SSH 
server is configured and running on the device (so that during the transfer, the device acts as a 
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–How big are the configuration files?
–How often are changes made to devices?
7.Specify the default mode of restoring configuration files to the devices using Restore Mode.
8.Configure the SMTP server and e-mail IDs so that regular configuration management job status 
e-mails are sent. (You can also specify e-mail settings when you create a job.)
9.Specify the...

 
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Archive Purge Settings
When you set the Archive Purge Settings, the configmgmt-archivepurge-sysjob system job is scheduled. You can view the 
scheduled job in the Configuration Management Jobs (Configurations > Jobs) page.
Minimum Versions to 
RetainMinimum number of versions of each configuration that should be retained in the archive (default 
is 2). 
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Enable Periodic Sync 
for Out of Sync 
Devices (72 Hours)(For Cisco IOS only) Enables automatic synchronization of the out-of-sync devices on a periodic 
basis. Prime Network adds a device to the list of out-of-sync devices whenever the latest version of 
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Enable 
Event-Triggered 
Config ArchiveDetect ongoing configuration changes by monitoring device configuration change notifications. This 
setting also controls whether Prime Network populates the Configuration Changes in the Last Week 
and the Most Recent Configuration Changes dashlets (on the dashboard). When you enable this 
option, the...