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This saves time for the administrators, and automates the work-flow.
- Scheduled backups
Unimus performs a discovery before each scheduled backup.
This is to make sure Unimus knows current information about the device (connector, credentials, vendor, model, etc.).
The discovery before backup is necessary to make sure Unimus doesn't user wrong commands on the device.
In certain situations (ex. when a device is changed for another device) it's possible commands to generate backups on some vendors can actually cause configuration changes for other vendors.
Due to this (and other edge-cases) Unimus does a discovery before every backup.
- Credential changes
Discovery mechanism will also be used if any device operation fails.
For example, if credentials which were previously used on a device are no longer valid on that device, Unimus will re-run discovery.
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