[c-nsp] Automated nighly backup of config files to linux serv er

[Vinny Abello]

At 08:54 AM 4/28/2005, MacKinnon, Ian wrote:


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin.X.White at corusgroup.com
> > [mailto:Kevin.X.White at corusgroup.com]
> > Sent: 28 April 2005 13:05
> > To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Automated nighly backup of config files
> > to linux server
> >
> >
> > >Hello! Peter,
> > >
> > >> Anyone found a good script/utility for backing up switch and router
> > config
> > >> files on a schedule basis to a central server running linux?
> > >> Peter Kranz
> > >> Unwired Ltd
> > >
> > >Go for: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cosi-nms/
> > >There is a nice list of usefull tools which includes "CiscoConf"
> > >
> > >This tool fetches configuration from Cisco routers and stores them
> > >under RCS/CVS.
> > >
> > >This is also included in FreeBSD ports.
> > >
> >  Have any of you guys found anything (free!) to do this on a
> > windows box?
>Well several of the answers included Perl, and Perl is available for
>windows.

I know free was requested, but a reasonably priced program (~$150) 
called CatTools made by Kiwi Software is out there. We use that here 
and it works very well for us. Full reports emailed every time a 
change is detected in addition to standard archiving configs per device.

http://www.kiwisyslog.com/cattools2.htm

Just throwing it out there as an option.

Actually, there is a freeware version of it which is limited to the following:

Up to 5 devices in the device database
Up to 5 scheduled activities
Up to 2 simultaneous TFTP sessions
Single threaded operation


Vinny Abello
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