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In the Web GUI select Device > Setup > Operations and click on Export Named Configuration Snapshot
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#In the Web GUI select Device > Setup > Operations and click on Export Named Configuration Snapshot
 
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#From the pop-up menu select running-config.xml, and click OK
From the pop-up menu select running-config.xml, and click OK
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#Now edit the xml file and remove all tags '''until the first''' <security>, and also remove all tags '''after''' </security>
 
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#Add a header: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
Now edit the xml file and remove all tags '''until the first''' <security>, and also remove all tags '''after''' </security>
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#Now do remove the following tags doing search and replace for the keyword <member> and </member> with blank (nothing)
 
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#Save as policy.xml
Add a header: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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#Open a new Excel Spreadsheet and click on MenuBar DATA > From Other Sources > From XML Data import
 
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#To improve visualisation, replace “ “ (space) with blank (nothing)
Now do a find and replace option for keyword <member>, replace <member> with blank (nothing)
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#To export Address-Groups, generate a new copy of running-config.xml and save it as address-group.xml.
 
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#Search for tag <address-group> and delete all the text '''before''' this tag and also delete all the text '''after''' the tag </address-group>
Save as policy.xml
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Open a new Excel Spreadsheet and click on MenuBar DATA > From Other Sources > From XML Data import
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To improve visualisation, replace “ “ (space) with blank (nothing)
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To export Address-Groups, generate a new copy of running-config.xml and save it as address-group.xml.
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Search for tag <address-group> and delete all the text '''before''' this tag and also delete all the text '''after''' the tag </address-group>
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Latest revision as of 19:31, 20 September 2016


  1. In the Web GUI select Device > Setup > Operations and click on Export Named Configuration Snapshot
  2. From the pop-up menu select running-config.xml, and click OK
  3. Now edit the xml file and remove all tags until the first <security>, and also remove all tags after </security>
  4. Add a header: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  5. Now do remove the following tags doing search and replace for the keyword <member> and </member> with blank (nothing)
  6. Save as policy.xml
  7. Open a new Excel Spreadsheet and click on MenuBar DATA > From Other Sources > From XML Data import
  8. To improve visualisation, replace “ “ (space) with blank (nothing)
  9. To export Address-Groups, generate a new copy of running-config.xml and save it as address-group.xml.
  10. Search for tag <address-group> and delete all the text before this tag and also delete all the text after the tag </address-group>