[rancid] Need some Help - F5's in RANCID

[john heasley]

Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 09:10:01PM +0000, Ryan West:
> Chris,
> 
> 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.

why?  what is special about the keys?

> -ryan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net [mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net] On Behalf Of Chris Moody
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 3:29 PM
> To: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
> Subject: [rancid] Need some Help - F5's in RANCID
> 
> I need a second set of eyes to help me figure out what I'm missing or doing wrong.
> 
> I have a number of F5 LTM Load-Balancers that I'm trying to back up with 
> RANCID.    The trouble I'm running into is that they were backing up 
> fine for a short while, but have recently stopped backing up and continue showing the following in the logs:
> =====================================
> Getting missed routers: round 4.
> xxxx.yyyy.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt,ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key
> zzzz.yyyy.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt,ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key
> 
> I've been debugging and have verified the following:
> - I have valid and functioning credentials in the .cloginrc file
> - I have the devices listed in a 'load-balancer' group's router.db file with the keyword 'f5' and the flag 'up'
> - I have tested the login via clogin  - works fine
>     (I have run clogin with the '-c' command list that f5rancid issues...and everything works fine)
> - I have run f5rancid in debug mode - works fine
>     (when I run this I see that all the commands run and see a "HIT COMMAND" next to every command issued)
> 
> I am running version '2.3.2' (I have plans to upgrade to '2.3.6' soon)
> 
> Anyone run into this kind of behavior with F5's?
> 
> Any insights, hints, comments or criticisms welcome.
> -Chris
> 
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