On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 01:57:02PM -0600, Erik Sundberg wrote:
> What is everyone using for router/switch/firewall config backups?

A short local bash script that does an SNMP write to the correct
OID on each switch to tell it to copy its config file to the tftp
server.

> Is rancid still the one to use?

Last I looked you had to give it telnet access to the switches - I
didn't like giving a script that sort of access, or storing core
router passwords (even for unpriv accounts) in plaintext anywhere.
Maybe it's changed recently.

Cheers,

Matthew


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