I think once "compact" export in 5.x gets nice and stable a lot of those rancid issues can be lessened by updating the rancid script to use it.
I use rancid but it's most difficult to teach people how to maintain the router files. Justin On Apr 23, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Simon Westlake wrote: > I was previously backing up all our Mikrotik routers in RANCID but it was > difficult for some techs to work with - the files wouldn't always paste back > in correctly and randomly had capitalization errors, etc, that would cause > issues. So I decided to build an FTP system to back up the binary > configuration files instead. > > I have something in the scheduler that backs up the current config to > 'today.backup'. I then have a script on a remote server that FTPs in, pulls > the file and exits. It works fine.. other than the fact that ~50% of the > Mikrotiks do not work. What specifically does not work is any kind of data > transfer - I *can* connect and authenticate. > > 220 BRLLWIKSSW-RTR1 FTP server (MikroTik 4.12) ready > Name (x.x.x.x:simon): admin > 331 Password required for admin > Password: > 230 User admin logged in > Remote system type is UNIX. > ftp> ls > 200 PORT command successful > 425 Can't build data connection > ftp> ls > 200 PORT command successful > 425 Can't build data connection > ftp> Terminated > > I am not firewalling the port at all, tried disabling every firewall rule > just in case to no avail. Neither box is behind a NAT of any kind (the backup > system or the Mikrotik.) There seems to be no reason why the ones that work > DO work.. and the ones that don't work DON'T.. they both have identical > configs from a firewall/FTP perspective. Google didn't lead me anywhere > helpful. Any ideas? > > -- > Simon Westlake > Powercode.com > (920) 351-1010 > > > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com > http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list Mikrotik@mail.butchevans.com http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
