[j-nsp] Re: Backups of a Juniper ERX

[andy]

On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 08:19:39PM +0200, Steinar Torsvik wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Daniel Roesen wrote:
> 
> >>I want to automize the backups of my ERX configuration.
> >>
> >>Preferable I would like to schedule a copy of the running-
> >>configuration via FTP, if possible with "today's" date included in
> >>the resulting file...
> >>
> >>Is something like that possible in the ERX?
> 
> I really have no idea of this will work on the ERX, but on the M-series 
> it is possible to transfer the configuration each time you do a commit - 
> that for us is a better solution than to transfer once a day.
> 
> [edit system]
> steinar at dargo# show archival
> configuration {
>      transfer-on-commit;
>      archive-sites {
>          "ftp://username:cleartextpassword@ip-address-of-ftp-server";
>      }
> }

Check out rancid, this can be made to poll your routers for config diffs every <time period> specified.
http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/

cheers


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