Preserve Director Node-Level Configuration Changes

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There are some features that you cannot configure using Versa Concerto, and you must configure them using Versa Director. In Concerto Release 10.1.1, if you published a Concerto configuration to Versa Director, it overwrites the entire configuration in the main template for the VOS device on the Director node, even the portions of the configuration that cannot be configured in Concerto. To mitigate this overwriting, in Release 10.2.1 you create service templates to add custom configurations on the Director node and then you attach the service templates to the VOS device from Concerto. 

In Releases 10.2.1 and later, when you publish a Concerto configuration to Versa Director, all the configuration done in Concerto is added to the VOS device's main template in the Director node, but the Concerto publish function does not overwrite the configurations that were created using Versa Director. To overwrite the device’s main template on the Director node, you can select the Overwrite option in the VOS device's Publish window.

To publish a Concerto configuration to Versa Director:

1. In Tenant view, select the Deploy lifecycle in the left menu bar, and then click the Publish button.
   
   
2. In the Publish screen, select the site(s), and then click Publish.
   
   
3. In the Publish popup window, click Yes to publish the site, or click Options to select more publish actions.
   
   
4. Select the required actions, and then click Yes.
   
   
   • Director Device Template
     • Merge—Select to merge the Concerto configuration with the Versa Director changes to the device template. This is the default action.
     • Overwrite—Select to overwrite the device’s main template on the Director node.
   • Commit Template to Appliance—Click to push the profile or template configuration to the device. If unchecked, the profile or template configuration is pushed only to Versa Director.
   • Deploy Device Workflow—Click to redeploy the device workflow on Versa Director. Select this option if you made any changes on the device in Concerto that might impact the device workflow on Versa Director. This is the default option.
   • Reboot Appliance—Click to reboot the device after publishing the configuration.

For example, you cannot currently configure SNMP using Concerto. If you configure SNMP on Versa Director and then publish a configuration from Concerto to Versa Director, the SNMP configuration is retained on Versa Director.