Strange..<br><br>We backup our ACEs with no trouble at all..<br>Just using the standard rancid script and separate management IP's on the contexts.<br><br>No issues with pagers or end of config files...<br><br>I'll have a look to see if i can find some details..<br>
<br>Remy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Michael Stefaniuc <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mstefani@redhat.com">mstefani@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Bill,<br>
<div class="im"><br>
Brown IV, Bill (MFT) wrote:<br>
> I’ve been trying to backup the Cisco ACE but Rancid seems to time out<br>
> during the connection. I think it has to do with the pager. On the<br>
> ACE, every time I login the pager gets set back to its default. Logging<br>
> in and then setting ‘term length 0’ only works for the session. After<br>
> Rancid logs out, the pager gets reset.<br>
</div>you can try to use my patch from<br>
<a href="http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2008-October/003338.html" target="_blank">http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2008-October/003338.html</a><br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Scenario: I can login to the device using clogin. Issuing a ‘show run’<br>
> from there reveals that the pager is set, (noted by the --more--<br>
> prompt). I set ‘term length 0’ and ‘sho run’ completes with no pager.<br>
> Logging out and then back in reveals that the pager is once again set.<br>
> Using the rancid script with –d, the last output is:<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> HIT COMMAND:<device>/Admin#show running-config<br>
><br>
> In WriteTerm: <device>/Admin#show running-config<br>
><br>
> HIT COMMAND: <device>/Admin#write term<br>
><br>
> In WriteTerm: <device>/Admin#write term<br>
><br>
> <device>: End of run not found<br>
><br>
> <device>: End of run not found<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> My assumption is that somehow Rancid is expecting the enable prompt but<br>
> not getting it because of the pager. I looked at the rancid script but<br>
> I’m just not proficient enough to know where to hard code a ‘term length<br>
> 0’ and I definitely don’t want to change the behavior for other devices,<br>
> (I don’t want to “mess up”). Does anyone have a piece of code that will<br>
> accomplish this?<br>
</div>It's not the pager but rancid's detection of the end of the config file<br>
which goes wrong.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> If possible, if you have it, I would really like to backup all the<br>
> contexts within the ACE as well.<br>
</div>For now you have to give each context an IP and use that. I plan to add<br>
that feature but I'm pretty busy lately.<br>
<br>
bye<br>
michael<br>
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