[c-nsp] ifindex persistence

[Yuval Ben-Ari]

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> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of 
> christopher_a_kane at bankone.com
> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:36 PM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] ifindex persistence
> 
> 
> on the network management side of things - has anyone 
> employed the use of 
> snmp-server ifindex persistence? success/horror stories?
> 
> thanks,
> -chris
> 
> Chris Kane
> CCIE #14430
> JP Morgan Chase - Infrastructure Operations Center
> (614) 213-2923
> 


Using it, did not run into any problems so far.

While at it, I was wondering if someone knows whether it's possible to
copy the persistence data from one RP to another to preserve the ifindex
after an RP change.
I can see those files on nvram:

GSR#dir nvram:
Directory of nvram:/

 2004  -rw-       36727                    <no date>  startup-config
 2005  ----        2004                    <no date>  private-config
 2006  -rw-       36727                    <no date>  underlying-config
    1  ----           4                    <no date>  rf_cold_starts
    2  ----          20                    <no date>  persistent-data
    3  -rw-        3054                    <no date>  ifIndex-table

the persistent-data file is not accessible:

GSR#copy nvram:persistent-data disk0:
Destination filename [persistent-data]?
NVRAM: block file read error
%Error reading nvram:persistent-data (Permission denied)

--Yuval