ciscoworks change config of one switch

[fasteddye]

I have inherited ciscoworks and have never tried to use the config editor or net config.

I need to make one config entry on one switch.  You would normally accomplish this by just going to that device (telnet, ssh) but in this case the line of config i need to make is the server command to (aaa group server tacacs+ tac_admin).  Somehow the server command following this did not get done so we can not hit this switch from telnet or ssh.  That is why I thought maybe using ciscoworks to accomplish this instead of driving 30 minutes to this switch.

I have never tried this in ciscoworks.  I see in RME that you can choose the device and bring up the config editor and make the config change.  I saved as and now see that in the private config list.  I am not sure if this is the correct way and I am also not sure how to properly deploy this config (overwrite or merge).

Thanks.

[Nael Mohammad · Accepted solution]

Select overwrite config since you will be making changes, merge is recommended for newly deployed devices. See RME users guide for more info:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/net_mgmt/ciscoworks_resource_manager_essentials/4.3/user/guide/cfgedt.html#wp1046350

• Select the Overwrite option, if you want to  replace the existing running configuration on the device, with the  selected configuration.
• Select the Merge option, if you want to add incremental configuration to the device. (Note: We recommend that you use this option on newly  deployed devices. This is because, the Merge option effectively deploys  the entire configuration from the archive, on to the device.)

[fasteddye]

Thanks for the tip.

I was able to schedule the job for immediate and make the necessary config change to the switch.

Thanks again.