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Coming from a very extensive network operations background, DeviceExpert is the single best Niche product available today for dealing with network configs (not just backing up). I used CiscoWorks LMS for years prior to using DeviceExpert, however theres a large market segment where this is not applicable solution (MSPs, environments with mixed vendors, etc). Rancid does the bare minimum job in some environments, but unfortunately has no support or continued development behind it.rnDeviceExpert is one of a kind in what it does, and is extremely robust for being a niche product. For the tasks it performs, the cost is insignificant (compared to the cost of administrator labor costs). Its 2 disadvantages are that its not cloud-based and not multi-tenant aware. You basically need 1 Linux server per company to use it (from an MSP point of view),rn From my perspective this functionality seems fairly far from LogicMonitors core purpose, and there appears to be several other Gaps in the LM roadmap that I would rate as higher priorities for development. For example, client-side exporting and importing of everything: Custom Reports, User Lists, and Host Configurations. rnOf course, this is just one MSPs opinion.rnAlso, to answer a question, most platforms allow an SNMP command to trigger a config copy command and the destination being a server (usually tftp or ftp). So... yes... but with an FTP server requirement).
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