XIA Configuration Server Feature
Server Comparison Tool
Compare the configuration of your servers
Use our server comparison tool XIA Configuration to compare Windows and Unix servers. Either compare the current setup of a server to previous versions or compare two different servers.
The following video demonstrates how to use XIA Configuration to see changes made to a server:
View changes to a server using XIA Configuration
Compare Windows servers
In this example, the current configuration of a Windows server is compared to a previous version to see what has changed.
To demonstrate this, firstly, the World Wide Web Publishing service is disabled in the services management console:
World Wide Web Publishing service disabled
Then an ODBC data source server name is changed:
ODBC data source server name changed
Once the Windows server has been scanned again by the XIA Configuration Client, it is compared with a previous version:
Compare Windows servers in XIA Configuration
The results of the comparison are displayed in the XIA Configuration Server user interface. The changes made to the server can be seen in the differences detected:
View differences to Windows server configuration
Export to PDF
The results of the comparison can be exported to PDF:
Output the comparison results to a PDF and share with others
Export to XML
The results can also be exported to XML and, for example, analysed in Microsoft Excel:
Export the results to XML for further analysis e.g. in Excel
Compare Unix Servers
See changes that have occurred on an individual Unix server, or differences between two different Unix servers. In this example, an entry has been added to the hosts file.
View changes to a Unix server e.g. the hosts file
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