Re: [Netconf] Fwd: Regarding complete device configuration sync to NMS

Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de> Thu, 03 September 2015 16:40 UTC

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From: Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de>
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Subject: Re: [Netconf] Fwd: Regarding complete device configuration sync to NMS
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On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 04:17:22PM +0000, Kent Watsen wrote:
> [hit the wrong button before]
> 
> 
> Hi Shiva,
> 
> > I would like to propose one method to get the complete
> > configuration through zip file to NMS. I feel this method will be
> >effective instead of <get> without any filter. Please advice.
> 
> Like a <copy-config> with a parameter indicating compression.  Then, to
> avoid the zip file being base64 encoded, another parameter indicate where
> to put the file (tftp://, ftp://, etc.), or wait for the multiple-replies
> draft to provide a better solution for bulk transfer.
> 
> In the meanwhile, a custom RPC could define this behavior immediately.

If the goal to reduce bits on the wire, certain secure transports can
do compression transparently for you (and it then works for everything
exchanged in a session, not just a get without filters).

/js

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