I would like to schedule backups from our configuration on cp ng secure
platform (via secure web interface), but cannot get this scheduled task to
work properly.

In the past I've configured (Solarwinds) tftp server to use tftp as our
backup option. Everything seemed to work fine, but it occured to me that all
files ended up the size of 32Mb. Investigation (google) learned that a
default limit of 32Mb with TFTP is available (on 32-bits with a word of 16
bits giving default block size 512 * 65535=32Mb)and all our backups ended
with this maximum size, but were corrupted.

I started experimenting with scp. Installed openssh on our Windows server
where the backups should be dropped and when clicking on manual backup in
the gui I can make succesfull backups. When however I try to schedule the
backups, the backup fails with the message in our Windows event log": "sshd
: PID 28860 : Failed password for cpbackup from 10.41.232.1 port 10209
ssh2". This even happens if I use the command line syntax from our firewall
module. I am absolutely sure that the passwords I use are correctly. I use
the same information in the web gui for the schedule option and for the
manual backup option and the manual backup does work with that same
password. All scheduled backups fail however and I don't know where to look
now.

Due to the limit of default TFTP I see three alternatives:

1. make my backup manual everytime from webgui with scp (not my favorite
option)
2. Use a tftp server that is able to change blocksize (only know commercial
variant which is expensive for this single purpose).
3. solve my scp problem (my favorite option)
   This scheduling is a Checkpoint given option that in my opinion should
work and I'm wondering if I'm the only one having this problem.

Any help would be appreciated very much.

Peter Kruger

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