Field	Description
Backup Now	Select this check box to make a backup immediately.
Full	Select this radio button to make a full backup: Backup Directory Path—Enter the full path of the full backup directory. You can make the backup on the QPM server, or on another computer, using a mapped network drive.
Incremental	Select this radio button to make an incremental backup in a system-defined location on the QPM server.
Schedule Incremental Backup	Select this check box to create a schedule for incremental backups.
Date	Enter the date for the first backup in the schedule.
Time	Enter the time of the first backup in the schedule.
Frequency	Select the frequency of the incremental backups: Once—Make a backup only once at the scheduled date and time. Daily—Make a backup daily from the scheduled date, at the scheduled time. Weekly—Make a backup weekly at the scheduled time, on the same day of the week as the scheduled date.
Submit button	Click to start the backup process, and save the incremental backup schedule.

Retrieve Full Backup Page

Use this page to:

Retrieve a full backup.
View details of previous full backups.
Delete a full backup.

To open this page, select Admin > Backup/Retrieve Backup, then select Retrieve Full Backup in the Backup/Retrieve Backup TOC.

Table E-2: Full Backup History Page

Field

Description

Backup Date and Time

Displays the date and time of the full backups.

Displays the login name of the user who made the full backup.

Backup Path

Displays the full path of the full backup.

Status

Displays the status of the full backup—whether the backup succeeded or failed.

Retrieve Backup button

Click to retrieve the selected full backup. The retrieved data overwrites current QPM data on the QPM server.

The Retrieved Backup History page appears.

Note You must restart the QPM server after retrieving a backup.

Caution You should use the QPM Retrieve feature with care.

Delete button

Click to delete the full backup files.

Retrieve Incremental Backup Page

Use this page to:

Retrieve incremental backups.
View details of previous incremental backups.
Delete all incremental backup.

To open this page, select Admin > Backup/Retrieve Backup, then select Retrieve Incremental Backup in the Backup/Retrieve Backup TOC.

Table E-3: Incremental Backup History Page

Field

Description

Backup Date and Time

Displays the date and time of the incremental backups.

Displays the login name of the user who made the incremental backup.

Status

Displays the status of the incremental backup—whether the backup succeeded or failed.

Retrieve Backup button

Click to retrieve the selected incremental backup. QPM uses all the previous incremental backup files to recreate the database. The retrieved data overwrites current QPM data on the QPM server.

The Retrieved Backup History page opens.

Note You must restart the QPM server after retrieving a backup.

Caution You should use the QPM Retrieve feature with care.

Delete All button

Click to delete all incremental backup files. You cannot delete an individual incremental file because all incremental files are required when retrieving an incremental backup.

Retrieved Backup History Page

Use this page to view retrieved full and incremental backups.

To open this page, select Admin > Backup/Retrieve Backup, then select Retrieved Backup History in the Backup/Retrieve Backup TOC.

Table E-4: Retrieve Backup History Page

Field	Description
Retrieve Date and Time	Displays the date and time of the retrieved backups.
Login Name	Displays the login name of the user who retrieved the backup.
Backup Type	Displays the type of backup—full or incremental.
Status	Displays the status of the retrieved backup—whether the retrieve operation succeeded or failed.
Info	For full backups—Displays the path of the backup file. For incremental backups—Displays the time the incremental backup was made.
Delete button	Click to delete the selected row in the table.

Scheduled Backups Page

Use this page to:

View the next scheduled backup for each incremental backup schedule.
Delete an entire schedule.

To open this page, select Admin > Backup/Retrieve Backup, then select Scheduled Backups in the Backup/Retrieve Backup TOC.

Table E-5: Scheduled Backups Page

Field	Description
Next Backup	Displays the date and time of the next backup in each schedule.
Schedule Type	Displays the type of schedule—once only, daily, or weekly.
Delete Schedule	Click to delete the entire schedule to which the selected backup belongs.

Audit

The following topics describe the fields in the pages that are accessed from the Audit option:

Audit Trail Policy Groups/Policies Page

Use this page to view changes made to policy groups and policies in a deployment group.

To open this page, do any of the following:

Select Admin > Audit.
Select Policy Groups in the Audit TOC.

Table E-6: Audit Trail Policy Groups/Policies Page

Field	Description
Deployment Group	Select the deployment group for which you want to view audit logs.
No.	Displays the audit log number.
Date	Displays the modification date.
Time	Displays the modification time.
Login Name	Displays the login name of the user that made the changes.
Message	Describes the modification that was made.
Item	Displays the type of item that was modified. Click the link to view a summary of the modified item.
Modification	Displays the type of modification that was made, for example whether a new item was created, or an existing item was modified or deleted.
Clear button	Click to clear old audit logs. A Calendar dialog box opens. See Audit Calendar Dialog Box.

Audit Trail Deployment Group Actions Page

Use this page to view actions performed on a deployment group. These actions include uploading policy groups, importing policy groups, deployment, saving and restoring historical versions, and so on.

To open this page, select Deployment Groups in the Audit TOC.

Table E-7: Audit Trail Deployment Group Actions Page

Field	Description
Deployment Group	Select the deployment group for which you want to view audit logs.
No.	Displays the audit log number.
Date	Displays the modification date.
Time	Displays the modification time.
Login Name	Displays the login name of the user that made the changes.
Message	Describes the modification that was made.
Action	Displays the action that was performed. Click the action to open the corresponding Reports page.
Clear button	Click to clear old audit logs. A Calendar dialog box opens. See Audit Calendar Dialog Box.

Audit Trail Library Components Page

Use this page to view changes made to global library items—IP aliases, application aliases, and policy group templates.

Note System-created templates do not appear in the Audit logs.

To open this page, select Libraries in the Audit TOC.

Table E-8: Audit Trail Library Components Page

Field	Description
No.	Displays the audit log number.
Date	Displays the modification date.
Time	Displays the modification time.
Login Name	Displays the login name of the user that made the changes.
Message	Describes the modification that was made.
Item	Displays the type of item that was modified. For policy group templates, click the link to view a summary of the modified item.
Modification	Displays the type of modification that was made, for example whether a new item was created, or an existing item was modified or deleted.
Clear button	Click to clear old audit logs. A Calendar dialog box opens. See Audit Calendar Dialog Box.

Audit Trail General Logs Page

Use this page to view actions on device inventory items, for example, rediscovery.

To open this page, select General in the Audit TOC.

Table E-9: Audit Trail General Logs Page

Field	Description
No.	Displays the audit log number.
Date	Displays the modification date.
Time	Displays the modification time.
Login Name	Displays the login name of the user that made the changes.
Message	Describes the modification that was made.
Item	Displays the type of item that was modified.
Clear button	Click to clear old audit logs. A Calendar dialog box opens. See Audit Calendar Dialog Box.

Audit Calendar Dialog Box

Use the Calendar dialog box to specify the date up to which you want to delete Audit logs.

The Calendar dialog box opens after you click Clear in an Audit page.

Table E-10: Audit Calendar Dialog Box

Field	Description
Date Navigation	Use the navigation arrows above the calendar table to navigate through the calendar.
Calendar Table	In the calendar table, choose the date to which you want to delete logs. The audit logs before and including the selected date are deleted.

Import Policy Groups

The following topics describe the fields in the pages that are accessed from the Import Policy Groups option:

Import Policy Groups From 2.1 Page

Use this page to import policies from a QPM 2.1.x database that was previously exported to XML format. The policies are imported into policy groups, according to the network elements on which they were configured.

Note To import devices from a QPM 2.1.x database, use the Import devices from 2.1.x option. See Import Devices Wizard.

To open this page, select Admin > Import Policy Groups.

Table E-11: Import Policy Groups From 2.1 Page

Field	Description
Select Deployment Group	Select the deployment group into which to import the policy groups.
Import file path (xml)	Enter the full path of the XML file to import, or click the Browse button and select the XML file.
OK button	Click OK to continue the Import process. The Import Policy Groups - Device Selection page appears.

Import Policy Groups - Device Selection Page

Use this page to select the devices you want to assign to imported policy groups.

This page appears when you complete the Import Policy Groups From 2.1 page and click OK.

Table E-12: Import Policy Groups - Device Selection Page

Field	Description
Sys Name	System name of device.
Primary Device Name	The main IP address or hostname of the device.
Model	Device model.
OS Version	Version of the operating system on the device.
Mapped OS Version	OS version that QPM uses to determine QoS capabilities that can be configured.
Status	Status of the device.
Device Folder	Device folder to which the device belongs.
Import Policies button	Click to start the import operation. A dialog box opens informing you that the import operation has started. See Import Dialog Box.

Import Dialog Box

Use this dialog box to go to the Import Policy Groups Reports page, or continue editing policies, after the import operation has started.

Table E-13: Import Dialog Box

Field	Description
View button	Click to display the Import Policy Groups Reports page.
Continue button	Click to display the Policy Groups page to continue editing policy groups and policies.

SNMP Parameter/Properties Page

Use this page to change the default SNMP settings for devices in the QPM inventory.

To open this page, select Admin > SNMP.

Table E-14: SNMP Parameter/Properties Page

Field	Description
Timeout	The amount of time the system should wait for a device to respond before trying to access it again.
Retries	The number of times the system tries to access devices.
Min Thread Number	The minimum number of SNMP requests that can processed concurrently.
Max Thread Number	The maximum number of SNMP requests that can processed concurrently.
Save button	Click to save the displayed SNMP settings.

Table of Contents

Admin Tab Reference

Backup / Retrieve Backup

Create Backup Page

Related Topics

Retrieve Full Backup Page

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Retrieve Incremental Backup Page

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Retrieved Backup History Page

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Scheduled Backups Page

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Audit

Audit Trail Policy Groups/Policies Page

Related Topics

Audit Trail Deployment Group Actions Page

Related Topics

Audit Trail Library Components Page

Related Topics

Audit Trail General Logs Page

Related Topics

Audit Calendar Dialog Box

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Import Policy Groups

Import Policy Groups From 2.1 Page

Related Topics

Import Policy Groups - Device Selection Page

Related Topics

Import Dialog Box

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SNMP Parameter/Properties Page