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script commands to save config

rocco_2016

I want to run a script on a device each night. I need to save the config of a cisco IPS device. The command to display the config is

sh config

Can anyone advise what I could include within the script to save the results as a saved config to the default directory of the config archive

Thanks

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rschroeder

What you've requested is exactly what NCM does--you're in luck!

If you can remote into the IPS device, so can NCM, and it can do the exact same download of config files that you can do manually, except automatically and on a schedule you choose.

Set up the remote access for the IPS device, give it SNMP RO & RW strings, and configure NCM to use those credentials to discover the device. Once that's successful, NCM should have learned the brand and model and OID of the IPS unit, and it can apply the correct script to automatically get the config file and archive it.

The manual gives great instructions for how to set up NCM--follow it and you'll be in good hands.

If NCM can't discover the model & OID via snmp, you can still create a new script and have it do what you need, but don't go down that path unless NCM can't do it automatically.

Good luck!

Rick

rocco_2016

THanks for the reply. Sorry I must have not expalined the original post. My Solarwinds modules are all up and running.

It seems NCM cannot quite handle the IPS O/S very well ( in my expeirence). NCM views the device as a unknown (even thou in NPM see's the device as a Cisco IPS Device) The default way NCM backups config is by doing a "sh all" for all devices. IPS O/S is done by sh config. I then need to script the command to save the results into a folder of choice.

fcaron

Hi booloo,

Seems like you need an NCM template for the IPS. There isn't one on Content Exchange, but this recently uploaded tools should help you building one:

Let us know whether this helps or not.

rocco_2016

The tool looks good. I'll make a start and post the results

Thanks