Download Start and Running Configs on Change Detection

So far I've used the Real Time Detection to set up config backups whenever a change is made and logged to our syslog server. Right now it is downloading the running config. I'd also like to be able to set it up so that when the SNMP Trap Viewer sees that a config has been written, it will trigger a download of that startup config, rather than the running. I've got the filter done for detecting that event, but when it comes to the action to take I'm stumped. The ConfigAutoDownload.exe will only download the running config it appears. Is there an argument I can append to make it go after the startup? My one thought so far has been to create a job that downloads all startup configs, but only saves them if there's a change. Then as the action in response to the trap I can have it call that. But it also seems a waste to download all the configs that haven't changed just to get the one I want.

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chris.lapoint

Right now, you can set RTCD to trigger based on changes to running or startup config (but not both). You can adjust this setting in File > Settings > Realtime Change Detection > Download Options.

I've got the ability to enable notifications on both startup and running in our tracking system. For internal folks, #4079.

michaelh1

Thanks, I had seen that option, was just hoping there was a way to work around it. Can that option be changed externally, say with a quick script that could run when the startup config is detected, which will allow the ConfigAutoDownload.exe to grab the startup, then set it back to running to monitor changes as normal?

chris.lapoint

I wouldn't recommend it. This is a global setting in the database that applys to all RTCD events. So, you be constantly be changing this back and forth, which may not yield the results you'd expect if multiple config change events come in from different devices at the same time.