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# Pushing a Logger Initial Configuration

You can push a Logger initial configuration to selected managed Loggers of version 6.1 or later. The destination Loggers must be of the same software version (and, for hardware appliances, model number) as the Logger on which the initial configuration was created.

The push process overwrites the settings on the destination Loggers.

Pushing a Logger initial configuration must be performed manually.

Note: Before performing a push, ensure that the destination Logger's storage volume is set up, and that it exceeds that of any source Logger.

To push an initial configuration to one or more managed Loggers of version 6.1 or later:

1. Click Configuration Management > Logger Initial Configurations.

2. From the Configurations table, select a configuration to be pushed.

3. Click Push.

4. On the Make Selections for Push dialog, under Available Nodes, the nodes eligible for receiving a push are displayed by location. Browse to the recipient node and click Add. The selected node is shown under Selected Nodes. (To select multiple nodes to receive a push, Ctrl+click each selected node.)

5. Click Push.
6. Click Yes to confirm the push and change settings on the destinations. The configuration is pushed to the selected destination nodes.

Tip: In order to correctly view push status, click Refresh, even if the status is shown as In Progress.

## Push Results on a Destination Logger

The results of a push of an initial configuration on a given setting of a destination Logger are dependent on the setting, as shown in the following table.

Setting on Destination | Result After Push
--- | ---
Archive storage settings Audit logs ESM destinations Event archives Finished tasks Forwarders Peer Loggers | Blank: These settings will be blank on the destination, even if they are included in the pushed initial configuration. Also, all configurations on the destination Logger related to these settings will also be blanked.
Alerts User-created receivers (RFSFileReceiver, FileTransfer, FolderFollowerReceiver) | Disabled: These settings are disabled on the destination Logger, but are editable through the destination Logger's UI.
Hosts file Groups Users | Copied From Source: These values are copied from the initial configuration and overwritten on the target. This may include user credentials that the Logger uses to authenticate to ArcMC, which could break the management link between ArcMC and the destination Logger (which requires these credentials). If an overwrite of these credentials occurs, to enable management, delete the host from ArcMC, then re-add the Logger as a host (with the new credentials).
All other settings | Copied From Source: Values are copied from the initial configuration and overwritten on the target.