ALIF: AIM Export User Configuration

• Open the AIM's web interface and log in as an Admin user.
• Navigate to Dashboard -> Backups
• Scroll down the page to the Export User Configuration section.
• Click on the Download Latest button.
  
  
  
  
• This will create and download a gzip file containing an XML file with the AIM Settings. You will need an application that can decompress gzip files to read it locally.
• If you refresh the web page, a copy of the configuration is stored locally.
  
  
  
  

• Log into the AIM’s web interface.
• From the Side Menu, choose System Care and then Backup.
• Click on the XML tab at the top.
• Click on Download Latest.
  
  
  
  
• This generates a gzip file containing a configuration XML file with the AIM Settings that is downloaded to your browser. You will need an application that can decompress gzip files to read it locally.
• A time stamped copy of the file is also stored locally, for later comparison.

In order to see the configuration changes, you need to:-

• Have a copy of a previously exported User Configuration. The XML file needs to be extracted from the file and loaded into a text editor.
• Download the latest User Configuration from the AIM (see Exporting the Configuration section above). This is to generate a snapshot of the current state.
• Select the latest configuration from the Avaliable configurations.
• The left panel will show the XML output of the chosen configuration.
• Copy the XML text from the text editor which contains the output from the previously exported configuration, and paste it into the User Input window on the right.
  
  
  
  
• On the right-hand edge of the User Input panel, differences between the configurations are shown in coloured bands. Scroll up and down the list to find all the changes.

In order to see the configuration changes, you need to:-

• Have a copy of a previously exported User Configuration. The XML file needs to be extracted from the file and loaded into a text editor.
• Download the latest User Configuration from the AIM (see Exporting the Configuration section above). This is to generate a snapshot of the current state.
• Click on the Compare button.
• From the list of time stamped configurations, choose the latest one.
  
  
  
  
• Click on the Compare button in the dialog window.
• Copy the XML text from the text editor which contains the output from the previously exported configuration, and paste it into the User Input window on the right.
  
  
  
  
• When scrolling through the configuration XML file, any differences will be highlighted.