[rancid] managing supermicro switches.

[Jason Welsh]

On 11/08/2013 11:31 AM, heasley wrote:
> Fri, Nov 08, 2013 at 10:23:55AM -0500, Jason Welsh:
>> On 11/07/2013 03:08 PM, heasley wrote:
>>> <group>/routers.up is probably empty.  check your router.db format.  note
>>> that the : separator was changed to ; to accomodate ipv6 addresses.
>>>
>> ok, my mistake, editing the etc/rancid.types.base  was the right thing
>> to do.. I cut out all the non-working commands.
> actually it is not, as noted at the top of that file.  you should copy the
> cisco definition to etc/rancid.types.conf, rename it (ciscolocal or similar)
> and alter the command list there.
>
>> It seems to be working now.. The only issue left (i hope) is  this in
>> the logs.
>>
>>
>> Trying to get all of the configs.
>> backbone: End of run not found
>>
>> =====================================
>> Getting missed routers: round 1.
>> backbone: End of run not found
>>
>> =====================================
>> Getting missed routers: round 2.
>> backbone: End of run not found
>>
>> =====================================
>> Getting missed routers: round 3.
>> backbone: End of run not found
>>
>> =====================================
>> Getting missed routers: round 4.
>> backbone: End of run not found
>>
>>
>> I see in the var/networking/configs directory a
>> backbone.raw and a backbone.new  (which seem to have the config info
>> that rancid is gathering during the run but disappear at the end of the run)
>> while rancid is running, but when rancid is done, the backbone config
>> file in this directory is left empty..
>> Im guessing it should have something in it ?
> yes, something is failing during the collection.  look at the logs and you
> can test with
>
> 	NOPIPE=YES; export NOPIPE
> 	grancid -t ciscolocal -d devicename
> .
>

rancid at srv01 ~:$ NOPIPE=YES; export NOPIPE
rancid at srv01 ~:$ grancid -t supermicro -d backbone
loadtype: device type supermicro
loadtype: found device type supermicro in 
/usr/local/rancid/etc/rancid.types.conf
executing clogin -t 90 -c"show version;show vlan;show running-config" 
backbone
PROMPT MATCH: backbone#
HIT COMMAND:backbone#  show version
     In ShowVersion: backbone#  show version
HIT COMMAND:backbone# show vlan
     In ShowVLAN: backbone# show vlan
HIT COMMAND:backbone# show running-config
     In WriteTerm: backbone# show running-config
backbone: End of run not found
backbone: End of run not found

rancid at srv01 ~:$

thanks/regards,
Jason