[rancid] Rancid 2.3.4 issue

[john heasley]

Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:07:59PM -0700, Nelson, Leo - Dell:
> Hi John,
>  I have done this and I only find a single instance of Rancid installed. Here is a snippet from the log file when I run rancid-run. I really can't identify the reason why Rancid work on some devices and not others. I have check the router.db file and dns etc. The first device is IOS, second is NxOS.
> 
> Anymore help would be appreciated.
> 
> more EDC.20110121.115832
> starting: Fri Jan 21 11:58:32 MST 2011
> 
> /storage/rancid/dead.letter... Saved message in /storage/rancid/dead.letter
> cvs add: is1-0204-colo3-edc already exists, with version number 1.1
> Added is1-0204-colo3-edc
> cvs add: s1-pscchw already exists, with version number 1.1
> Added s1-pscchw
> cvs add: s1-sjhmc-edc already exists, with version number 1.89
> Added s1-sjhmc-edc
> cvs add: s2-sjhmc-edc already exists, with version number 1.107
> Added s2-sjhmc-edc

unrelated, but i think you need to fix these two errors first.  first, why
is the mail going to dead.letter?  are you not able to use sendmail (the
program, whether it be postfix, sendmail, or something else) from this
machine?  second, why is rancid trying to cvs add files that apparently
already exist.  this is usually because the configure script made an
error determining the proper argument for diff(1) on what i presume is a
linux box or there are two diffs on the machine with differing option
syntax and its finding another due to the PATH that configure constructed
for/in rancid.conf.  see routers.all for this group.  its should look
similar to
	is1-0204-colo3-edc:cisco
	s1-pscchw:cisco
		....


> Trying to get all of the configs.
> write(spawn_id=1): broken pipe
>     while executing
> "send_user -- "$expect_out(buffer)""

this means that either the rancid script (assuming cisco ios) or the network
client program (ssh, telnet, rsh) exited prematurely.  given its apprently
from send_user, i suspect its the script that exited, but i have not
inclination why that might be.  telnet/ssh is far more likely to exit
prematurely due to the network device closing the connection, etc.

you could try setting NOPIPE to YES in rancid.conf.  or try strace'ing cron
to figure out positively whats exiting and possibly why.

>     invoked from within
> "expect -nobrace -re+ { exp_continue } -re {^[^
>  *]*as1-0102-co([^#>\r\n]+)?[#>](\([^)\r\n]+\))?} { send_user -- "$expect_out(buffer)"
>                                                 } -re {..."
>     invoked from within
> "expect {
>             -re "\b+"                           { exp_continue }
>             -re "^\[^\n\r *]*$reprompt"         { send_user -- "$expect_out(buffer)"
>                                                 }
>             -re "^\[^\n\r]*$reprom..."
>     (procedure "run_commands" line 39)
>     invoked from within
> "run_commands $prompt $command"
>     ("foreach" body line 155)
>     invoked from within
> "foreach router [lrange $argv $i end] {
>     set router [string tolower $router]
>     # attempt at platform switching.
>     set platform ""
>     send_user ..."
>     (file "/usr/bin/clogin" line 722)
> as1-0102-colo3-edc: missed cmd(s): dir /all slavedisk2:,dir /all sec-slot2:,show diag,dir /all disk1:,dir /al
> l sec-nvram:,dir /all disk2:,dir /all sec-bootflash:,show spe version,dir /all slaveslot2:,dir /all disk0:,di
> r /all slaveslot0:,dir /all sec-slot1:,dir /all harddiska:,dir /all slavenvram:,dir /all sec-disk2:,dir /all 
> slavesup-bootflash:,dir /all sec-disk0:,dir /all harddiskb:,show inventory raw,dir /all slavedisk1:,show modu
> le,show controllers,show diagbus,more system:running-config,dir /all slavedisk0:,show debug,dir /all bootflas
> h:,dir /all sec-slot0:,dir /all sec-disk1:,write term,show vtp status,dir /all sup-bootflash:,dir /all slot2:
> ,dir /all harddisk:,dir /all slot0:,dir /all sup-microcode:,show vlan,dir /all slavebootflash:,show controlle
> rs cbus,dir /all slaveslot1:,show vlan-switch,show running-config,show c7200,dir /all slot1:
> as1-0102-colo3-edc: End of run not found
> !
> write(spawn_id=1): broken pipe
>     while executing
> "send_user -- "$expect_out(buffer)""
>     invoked from within
> "expect -nobrace -re+ { exp_continue } -re {^[^
>  *]*as1-0108-co([^#>\r\n]+)?[#>](\([^)\r\n]+\))?} { send_user -- "$expect_out(buffer)"
>                                                 } -re {..."
>     invoked from within
> "expect {
>             -re "\b+"                           { exp_continue }
>             -re "^\[^\n\r *]*$reprompt"         { send_user -- "$expect_out(buffer)"
>                                                 }
>             -re "^\[^\n\r]*$reprom..."
>     (procedure "run_commands" line 39)
>     invoked from within
> "run_commands $prompt $command"
>     ("foreach" body line 155)
>     invoked from within
> "foreach router [lrange $argv $i end] {
>     set router [string tolower $router]
>     # attempt at platform switching.
>     set platform ""
>     send_user ..."
>     (file "/usr/bin/clogin" line 722)
> as1-0108-colo3-edc: missed cmd(s): show module,dir usb1:,dir debug:,show debug,show cores vdc-all,show vtp st
> atus,show environment fan,show module xbar,show environment power,show inventory,dir usb2:,show vlan,dir vola
> tile:,dir bootflash:,dir slot0:,show processes log vdc-all,dir logflash:,show running-config,show environment
>  temperature,show boot
> as1-0108-colo3-edc: End of run not found
> !Env:                                      ^
> 
> Leo Nelson
> Network Design Sr. Advisor
> ?
> Information Technology
> Catholic Healthcare West
> ?
> Main: 602-407-3570
> leo.nelson at chw.edu
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: john heasley [mailto:heas at shrubbery.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:56 PM
> To: Nelson, Leo - Dell
> Subject: Re: [rancid] Rancid 2.3.4 issue
> 
> Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 09:49:55AM -0700, Nelson, Leo - Dell:
> > More info. If I run rancid independent of the cron it pulls a config down just fine for both devices.
> > 
> 
> please make sure that you do not have multiple installations of rancid,
> esp clogin, on your machine.