User's Guide

Populating the Deployment Manager Database

When you initially install NwDM, or when your network changes significantly, the NwDM database needs to be updated to reflect the changes in your network. Adding specific devices individually may take a significant amount of time. Therefore, you can use the Synchronize Databases task to synchronize the NwDM database with the Nways topology database.

Follow these steps to synchronize the Nways NetView topology database with the NwDM database:

1. From the navigation tree, click Synchronize databases.
2. Click Start now to begin the synchronization process immediately after you click Apply.
3. Click Apply to begin database synchronization.
4. When the Confirmation dialog is displayed, click OK to close the dialog.

During database synchronization, any new devices are automatically created, and all SNMP read and write community names are updated. In addition, recommendations for handling discrepancies between databases are listed in the job log.

The Synchronize Database task may take quite a while to complete, depending on the size of your network. While the job is processing, you can view the status of the job.

Viewing Job Status

Most Deployment Manager tasks are performed as scheduled jobs. Jobs provide you with the flexibility of deciding when a task is performed as well as deciding what tasks are required to complete successfully before other tasks are performed.

When NwDM processes a job, the results of that processing are stored in a job log, which is a file that resides on the NwDM server. The directory where NwDM stores job logs is determined by the logDirectory property in the NwDM Properties file. For more information about the Properties file, see Customizing Deployment Manager.

As discussed, the Synchronize Databases task can take a significant amount of time to complete. Follow these steps to view the status of the Synchronize Database task:

1. From the navigation tree, click Jobs to display the Managing Jobs task panel.
2. In the Job Filter pane, click on the empty cell in the Job Type row to edit it.
3. The Synchronize Databases job has a job type of SYNCHDB. Therefore, type SYNCHDB in the cell and press Enter.
4. Click Apply Filter to search the NwDM database for all jobs that have a job type of SYNCHDB.

   Note:

   To view all jobs currently stored in the NwDM database in the Jobs List pane, click Apply Filter on a blank Job Filter pane.

5. The results of the search are displayed in the Jobs List pane. You may need to click Jobs List to display the pane.

   Notice the Status column for the Synchronize databases job. A status of Running means the job is still processing. If the Synchronize Databases job completes with no errors, the status will be Finished.

6. Select the Synchronize Databases job by clicking on any cell in the row.
7. Click Job Details to see the details of the Synchronize Databases job. The Job Details pane provides information about the scheduling of the job and includes remarks about the job processing.
8. Click View Log to display the job log, which provides specific details about the processing.
9. Click OK to close the job log.

Learning about Device Configurations

The Learn Configuration task enables NwDM to store information about the configuration that is currently loaded in a device. After the Synchronize Databases task completes, you will need to perform the Learn Configuration task for all devices (2210, 2212, 2216, and 8275-416).

Follow these steps to perform the Learn Configuration task for 2210 devices:

1. From the navigation tree, click Learn configurations from the 2210 folder (you may need to expand the 2210 folder first). The Learn Configuration task panel is displayed.
2. In the Options pane, click Start now to immediately schedule the job (when you click Apply).
3. Make sure all 2210 devices are selected in the Candidates pane.
4. Click Apply to begin the Learn Configurations task for 2210 devices.
5. The Learn Configurations dialog is displayed with the number of jobs scheduled from the Learn Configurations task. NwDM schedules a separate job for each device selected in the Candidates pane. Click OK to close the dialog.
6. You can view the status of each of the jobs from the Managing Jobs task panel. To view the status, follow the steps described in Viewing Job Status (search for jobs with a job type of LEARN2210 instead of a job type of SYNCHDB).