[rancid] Unable to Conduct Cisco Wireless Controller Backup

Fri Jul 27 22:29:19 UTC 2018

Ah; thanks, I see it there.  Something is amiss with that.  "eval... ; cat -v" output below.
Weylin

[rancid at nsgv-prod-59 ~]$ eval `rancid -t cisco-wlc5 -C cumm111-wism-aca05.bu.edu` &> output
[rancid at nsgv-prod-59 ~]$ cat -v output 
cumm111-wism-aca05.bu.edu
spawn ssh -2 -c aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc -x -l rancid cumm111-wism-aca05.bu.edu^M
^M
Access to this system is permitted for authorized persons only.  All connections are logged and monitored.  By accessing this system, you acknowledge that use of this and any other technology at Boston University is subject to the terms of the Boston University Conditions of Use and Policy on Computing Ethics; please see: http://www.bu.edu/computing/ethics for details.^M
(cumm111-wism-aca05) ^M
User: rancid^M
Password:*******^M
(cumm111-wism-aca05) >^M
(cumm111-wism-aca05) >config paging disable^M
^M
Incorrect usage.  Use the '?' or <TAB> key to list commands.^M
^M
(cumm111-wism-aca05) >show udi^M

^MNAME: "Chassis"    , DESCR: "Cisco Wireless Services Module 2"
^MPID: WS-SVC-WISM2-K9,  VID: V01,  SN: SAL172893FZ^M
^M
(cumm111-wism-aca05) >show sysinfo^M
^M
Manufacturer's Name.............................. Cisco Systems Inc.^M
Product Name..................................... Cisco Controller^M
Product Version.................................. 8.2.166.0^M
Bootloader Version............................... 1.0.20^M
Field Recovery Image Version..................... 7.6.101.1^M
Firmware Version................................. FPGA 1.7, Env 0.0, USB console 2.2^M
Build Type....................................... DATA + WPS
^M
System Name...................................... cumm111-wism-aca05^M
System Location.................................. 111 Cummington St., Room B05^M
System Contact................................... Network Operations Center^M
System ObjectID.................................. 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.1293^M
Redundancy Mode.................................. SSO^M
IP Address....................................... 10.123.18.234^M
IPv6 Address..................................... ::^M
Last Reset....................................... Software reset^M
System Up Time................................... 98 days 3 hrs 47 mins 5 secs^M
System Timezone Location......................... (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada)^M
System Stats Realtime Interval................... 5^M
System Stats Normal Interval..................... 180
^M
^M

Error: TIMEOUT reached
[rancid at nsgv-prod-59 ~]$

On 7/27/18, 11:16 AM, "heasley" <heas at shrubbery.net> wrote:

    Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 12:08:37PM +0000, Piegorsch, Weylin William:
    > I did some experimenting, issuing the "config paging disable" CLI command on initial login seems to eliminate the paging issue, similar to the ASA "terminal pager 0" or the IOS "terminal length 0".
    > weylin

    wlogin should have sent this command at the beginning.  please look at
    the beginning of the transcript with the device.

    > On 7/27/18, 8:01 AM, "Piegorsch, Weylin William" <weylin at bu.edu> wrote:
    > 
    >     When I login as myself and run the "show sysinfo" command, I get the below output.  I notice that rancid (wlogin) gets stuck on the prompt at the end there.  When expect sees the prompt, a <space> would be the appropriate response.  I'm not sure how to disable paging, unfortunately. 
    >     
    >     Weylin
    >     
    >     (cumm111-wism-aca05) >show sysinfo
    >     
    >     Manufacturer's Name.............................. Cisco Systems Inc.
    >     Product Name..................................... Cisco Controller
    >     Product Version.................................. 8.2.166.0
    >     Bootloader Version............................... 1.0.20
    >     Field Recovery Image Version..................... 7.6.101.1
    >     Firmware Version................................. FPGA 1.7, Env 0.0, USB console 2.2
    >     Build Type....................................... DATA + WPS
    >     
    >     System Name...................................... cumm111-wism-aca05
    >     System Location.................................. 111 Cummington St., Room B05
    >     System Contact................................... Network Operations Center
    >     System ObjectID.................................. 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.1.1293
    >     Redundancy Mode.................................. SSO
    >     IP Address....................................... 10.123.18.234
    >     IPv6 Address..................................... ::
    >     Last Reset....................................... Software reset
    >     System Up Time................................... 97 days 17 hrs 26 mins 34 secs
    >     System Timezone Location......................... (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada)
    >     System Stats Realtime Interval................... 5
    >     System Stats Normal Interval..................... 180
    >     
    >     
    >     --More-- or (q)uit
    >     
    >     
    >     
    >     
    >     
    >     On 7/26/18, 6:43 PM, "heasley" <heas at shrubbery.net> wrote:
    >     
    >         Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 09:20:42PM +0000, Piegorsch, Weylin William:
    >         > I should note that using the NOPIPE=yes thing causes the "controller wlogin error: Error: Connection closed (ssh): controller" message that I show below.  If I omit the NOPIPE environment variable on the CLI, I get the output I showed in the other email, where it hangs in the middle of output.
    >         > 
    >         > weylin
    >         
    >         i dont see the problem in what you've provided; you'll have to share more
    >         output with me.
    >         
    >         eval `rancid -t cisco-wlc8 -C hostname` &> output
    >         
    >     
    >     
    > 