[c-nsp] Replacing route policies in IOS XR

[John Neiberger]

Thanks to all for clearing that up!

On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 3:45 AM, Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)
<oboehmer at cisco.com> wrote:
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>> I'm relatively new to route policies in IOS XR. I have a route policy
>> on a production router that needs to be replaced. The documentation
>> doesn't exactly make it clear how to do this properly. Is it as simple
>> as pasting an entirely new route policy in config mode and committing
>> it? I see that there are methods for editing the policy directly from
>> the CLI, but that doesn't seem like what I want or need. Since route
>> policies don't use line numbering, I'm worried that I might end up
>> with some weird merged policy. If we're just replacing the entire
>> thing, is it a simple paste and commit?
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> you only have two options:
> 1) replace the "whole thing" when you do this within the "config" mode
> (you'll get a warning that the full policy will be replaced)
> 2) edit selective part of it using the built-in editor ("edit
> route-policy ...")
>
> If I recall correctly, both will eventually do a full replace (if you
> check "show conf commit changes .."), the latter is just looks more
> incremental :-)
>
> you can also check out https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-22031
>
>        oli
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