Introduction : How Configuration Changes Are Handled

How Configuration Changes Are Handled
The following bulleted items give an overview of how the AutoView® 1000R handles configuration changes:
When an administrator performs configuration tasks, changes are stored in RAM memory until the administrator takes a specific action to save the changes in configuration files.
The current state of the configuration files is maintained after a software upgrade. (This allows you to upgrade software on the OnBoard appliance without losing all user and device configurations.) After a software upgrade, the administrator can optionally do the following:
When an administrator adds a new application, script or configuration file to the system, the root user needs to add the pathname to the file to the list of files to be backed up and restored.
The following table shows tasks for administrators to save changes to configuration files and back up configuration files and provides links to where they are documented.
Restoring backed-up configuration files
Restoring factory default configuration files