[rancid] HP Procurve - no config changes yet Rancid thinks there is

[heasley]

Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:30:32PM -0600, Daniel Schmidt:
> Lower PAR_COUNT maybe

Neil responded privately saying that a switch o/s upgrade made the problem
disappear.

> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 4:27 PM, heasley <heas at shrubbery.net> wrote:
> 
> > Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 11:47:32AM +0100, Neil Arnold:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've got Rancid running for a lot of HP switches without issue. The only
> > > one I do have an issue with is my core switch. It's a HP Procurve 5412ZL.
> > > Rancid is set to run every hour and throughout the day. During the day
> > it's
> > > quiet and not alerting me to anything (which is good as nothing in the
> > > config changes). However, during the night, it fires off email alerts
> > > telling me the config has changed. Looking at the email shows things like
> > > the following:
> > >
> > > aaa port-access authenticator D11 auth-vid 1                  aaa
> > > port-access authenticato
> > >
> > > It almost looks like the switch can't output the config quick enough for
> > > Rancid and Rancid only gets half the config. It then thinks it's changed,
> > > logs it as a diff and fires off an email. I've spent weeks playing with
> > the
> > > set up to try and fix this all to no avail.
> > >
> > > If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be happy to take them.
> >
> > is there any reason those lines would change, like folks unplugging their
> > laptops?  does it send logs to the vtys?