Search the Archive for a Configuration

Use this task to search for a configuration in the configure archive for an existing configuration backup.

The following search criteria can be used:

• Standard wild card * and ? characters are supported.
  • * matches 0 or more characters.
  • ? matches 1 character.
• Search filters containing wild card characters must be enclosed in double quotes: “fo*”.
• Search filters containing no wild card characters result in an exact match.

• Wild card characters cannot be used outside of double quotation marks in combination with an exact match search.

  “A*1” is a valid search filter.

  “A*”* is not a valid search filter.

1. Expand the Configuration Manager slider, and click to expand the Configure archive folder in the navigation pane.
2. Iin the navigation pane, click Archive configuration.
3. In the Archive configurations pane, click Search.
4. In the Configuration archive search dialog, complete any of the following fields:

   Name	Description
   Configuration name field	The user-defined name for the device configuration.
   Source field	The source IP address of the device.
   Hardware version field	The hardware version of a device.
   Software version field	The software version of a device.
   Start backup date field	Click the calendar icon to select the start date range for when a configuration was backed up to the configuration archive.
   End backup date field	Click the calendar icon to select the end date range for when a configuration was backed up to the configuration archive.

5. In the Success dialog, click OK.
   The newly-added physical interface appears in the Physical interface table.