Cisco CiscoWork QoS Policy Manager 4.1.2 User Guide
Chapter 7 Deploying QoS Policies
Understanding Policy Deployment
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Understanding Policy Deployment
QPM deploys the QoS policies in a deployment group to your network devices.
You can deploy an entire deployment group, or you can specify a subset of devices
within a selected deployment group to which QPM will deploy the appropriate
QoS policies. Each deployment event is called a “job.”
You can deploy an entire deployment group, or you can specify a subset of devices
within a selected deployment group to which QPM will deploy the appropriate
QoS policies. Each deployment event is called a “job.”
Note
You can only deploy QoS policies to devices in the network if the devices are real.
If you are using virtual devices, you will not be able to deploy your policies to the
network.
If you are using virtual devices, you will not be able to deploy your policies to the
network.
When you deploy your QoS policies to network devices, QPM translates the
policies into device commands and enters the commands through the device’s
command line interface (CLI). You can choose to deploy your QoS configurations
directly to network devices using Telnet. QPM automatically deploys your QoS
configurations to configuration files. This deployment process does not configure
the devices but generates configuration files that can be sent manually to the
devices. QoS configurations can be deployed to the device using any application
that downloads configuration files to the devices. QPM allows you to monitor the
deployment process in real-time, viewing the active deployment jobs and their
status.
policies into device commands and enters the commands through the device’s
command line interface (CLI). You can choose to deploy your QoS configurations
directly to network devices using Telnet. QPM automatically deploys your QoS
configurations to configuration files. This deployment process does not configure
the devices but generates configuration files that can be sent manually to the
devices. QoS configurations can be deployed to the device using any application
that downloads configuration files to the devices. QPM allows you to monitor the
deployment process in real-time, viewing the active deployment jobs and their
status.
Through QPM, you can verify the device configuration to ensure that your
deployment group policy definitions match the actual device configurations, and
preview the commands that will be used to configure the devices.
deployment group policy definitions match the actual device configurations, and
preview the commands that will be used to configure the devices.
Upon deployment of a job, a read-only copy of the current deployment group is
automatically made. This allows you to continue editing the deployment group,
and also provides a historical version of it.
automatically made. This allows you to continue editing the deployment group,
and also provides a historical version of it.
QPM allows you to restore, as the current editable deployment group, a previous
version of a deployment group that was already deployed to the network. You can
restore a deployment group for editing without deploying it,
version of a deployment group that was already deployed to the network. You can
restore a deployment group for editing without deploying it,
or you can restore
and redeploy the deployment group. This feature is very useful when unexpected
errors occur as a result of a deployment and you must go back to a previous
version of the deployment group.
errors occur as a result of a deployment and you must go back to a previous
version of the deployment group.
QPM maintains a history of deployments and their status results. This history
allows you to view the deployment groups deployed and the deployment status
results. QPM also provides static job reports that display the statuses of the
devices in the deployment.
allows you to view the deployment groups deployed and the deployment status
results. QPM also provides static job reports that display the statuses of the
devices in the deployment.