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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=SV link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> Chris,<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> You're doing anything wrong. You'll probably find that you can 'rancid-run -r <dev name>' and have it backup properly. I would recommend getting a good backup of the keys once and then comment out the lines in the command table.<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>why? what is special about the keys?<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> -ryan<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> -----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> From: </i></span><i><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.shrubbery.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rancid-discuss"><span lang=EN-US>rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net</span></a></span></i><i><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> [mailto:</span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.shrubbery.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rancid-discuss"><span lang=EN-US>rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net</span></a></span></i><i><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>] On Behalf Of Chris Moody<o:p></o:p></span></i></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 3:29 PM<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> To: </i></span><i><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.shrubbery.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rancid-discuss"><span lang=EN-US>rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net</span></a></span></i><i><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></i></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> Subject: [rancid] Need some Help - F5's in RANCID<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> I need a second set of eyes to help me figure out what I'm missing or doing wrong.<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> I have a number of F5 LTM Load-Balancers that I'm trying to back up with <o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> RANCID. The trouble I'm running into is that they were backing up <o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> fine for a short while, but have recently stopped backing up and continue showing the following in the logs:<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> =====================================<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> Getting missed routers: round 4.<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> xxxx.yyyy.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt,ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> zzzz.yyyy.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt,ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> I've been debugging and have verified the following:<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> - I have valid and functioning credentials in the .cloginrc file<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> - I have the devices listed in a 'load-balancer' group's router.db file with the keyword 'f5' and the flag 'up'<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> - I have tested the login via clogin - works fine<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> (I have run clogin with the '-c' command list that f5rancid issues...and everything works fine)<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> - I have run f5rancid in debug mode - works fine<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> (when I run this I see that all the commands run and see a "HIT COMMAND" next to every command issued)<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> I am running version '2.3.2' (I have plans to upgrade to '2.3.6' soon)<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> Anyone run into this kind of behavior with F5's?<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> Any insights, hints, comments or criticisms welcome.<o:p></o:p></i></span></pre><pre><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>><i> -Chris</i><o:p></o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hi Chris,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Got exactly the same issue when we deployed some new F5's running 10.x<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>What version of Big-IP are you running? Got these errors with BIG-IP 10.2.1 Build 297.0 Final but not in 9.x.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Removing the commands from f5rancid solved it, but I'd like to know why it fails.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>--- /usr/libexec/rancid/f5rancid 2011-06-22 12:11:48.000000000 +0000<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>+++ /usr/libexec/rancid/f5rancid.org 2011-06-22 11:58:27.000000000 +0000<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>@@ -524,8 +524,8 @@<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> {'bigpipe base list' => 'ShowBaseRun'},<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> {'bigpipe db show' => 'ShowDb'},<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> {'bigpipe route static show' => 'ShowRouteStatic'},<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- #{'ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt' => 'ShowSslCrt'},<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- #{'ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key' => 'ShowSslKey'},<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>+ {'ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt' => 'ShowSslCrt'},<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>+ {'ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key' => 'ShowSslKey'},<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> {'bigpipe list' => 'WriteTerm'}<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> );<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>Eric Jagaeus<br>Rebtel Networks AB<br>Augustendalsvägen 19, 7<sup>th</sup> floor<br>B</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>ox 1182<br>131 27 Nacka Strand<br></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7F7F7F'>Sweden<br>Mobile: +46 70 7885989<br></span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#7F7F7F'><a href="mailto:eric.jagaeus@rebtel.com"><span style='color:#7F7F7F'>eric.jagaeus@rebtel.com</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>