[j-nsp] Regular maintenance advice

[Skeeve Stevens]

Gordon,

Thanks.  I already have a different profile for the BGP devices with all of
that.

...Skeeve

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On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 09:15, Gordon Smith <gordon at gswsystems.com> wrote:

> Most of this you can automate on your monitoring boxes.
> e.g. use rancid to generate an email on config changes, interfaces
> flapping & chassis alarms will generate SNMP alerts.
>
> You only need to snapshot when upgrading code. Definitely make that part
> of the upgrade procedure, and let rancid keep track of the config.
>
> Another thing to look at would be BGP peers - number of routes, uptimes,
> etc. Low uptimes on a peer can indicate a problem at the far end that the
> cust isn't aware of.
>
> Cheers,
> Gordon
>
>
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 00:28:09 +1000, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I am designing a document for low level technicians to regularly
>> (depending on sensitivity of the device) login to the Juniper
>> router/or switch to look around and make sure that things are 'ok'.
>>
>> I am seeking comments of anything else that would be useful for an
>> technician to look at that would catch their eye that something is
>> potentially wrong.
>>
>> So far I have:
>>
>> ---
>>
>> RJ01 – Router
>>
>> Description: Standard Juniper Router or Switch
>>
>> 1. Show log messages
>>
>>     a.     Look at last few days for anything suspicious
>>
>>           i.     Interfaces flapping
>>
>> 2. Show interfaces terse
>>
>>     a.     Anything down that shouldn’t be?
>>
>>
>> 3. Show chassis alarm
>>
>>     a.     Look for any alarm information
>>
>> 4. Show system snapshot
>>
>>     a.     If older than 1 week then – ‘Request system snapshot’
>>
>> 5. Show system uptime
>>
>>     a.     As expected?
>>
>> 6. Show system storage
>>
>>     a.     Confirm / (root) disk space is not getting full.
>>
>>
>>
>
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