Technical Tip: Enable workspace mode

When an object is edited in workspace mode it is locked, preventing other administrators from editing that object. A warning message will be shown to let the administrator know that the object is currently being configured in another transaction.

All administrators can use workspace mode; the permissions in workspace mode are the same as defined in the account profile.

A workspace mode transaction times out after five minutes if there is no activity. When a transaction times out, all changes are discarded. A warning message will be shown to let the administrator know that a timeout is imminent, or has already happened:

config transaction id=1 will expire in 30 seconds

config transaction id=1 will expire in 20 seconds

config transaction id=1 will expire in 10 seconds

config transaction id=1 has expired

To use workspace mode:

1. Start workspace mode:

execute config-transaction start

Once in workspace mode, the administrator can make configuration changes, all of which are made in a local CLI process that is not viewable by other processes.

2. Commit configuration changes:

    

   execute config-transaction commit

    

   After performing the commit, the changes are available for all other processes and are also made in the kernel.

    

    

3. Abort configuration changes:

    

   execute config-transaction abort

    

   If changes are aborted, no changes are made to the current configuration or the kernel.

    

Related document:

Workspace mode.