[c-nsp] How to run a scheduled script to grab interface stats

[Martin Clifton]

If you can't use SNMP or don't want to use expect, then another method
which is available on the Catalyst 3750 (can't vouch for other platforms)
is to push information out via tftp.

sh int | redirect tftp://<tftp-server>/<file-name>

This can be put in a cron job (called kron by cisco) so that the info can
be sent on a regular basis.
eg to push out the result of 'sh int' every 10 minutes:

kron policy-list DO-SOMETHING
 cli sh int | redirect tftp://<tftp-server>/<file-name>
kron occurrence DO-SOMETHING-REGULARLY in 10 recurring
 policy-list DO-SOMETHING

Then you just need a script on the tftp-server to parse the received file
and put it in a form that suits.

Martin




On 27/11/10 3:43 AM, "John Neiberger" <jneiberger at gmail.com> wrote:

>I'd like to periodically (weekly, for example) gather certain
>interface stats via "show int" and then upload those stats via
>ftp/tftp/scp or whatever to a server. I'll then pull those stats into
>an Excel spreadsheet and parse them. What would be the best way to do
>this? Is this something that can be built in a TCL script and then run
>on a schedule? If you needed to do this, how would you do it? I have
>stats from multiple interfaces on six 7600s that I need to grab at
>least once a week.
>
>Any thoughts?
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