F5 backup error

Question

Hi,

I am trying to backup F5 Big IP using kiwi cat tools. However i get error in Kiwi Cat tool as unexpected response for command b list.

Attached is the debug mode capture file.

I feel that script is waiting for prompt > however if we give list command in F5 it list configuration one page at a time and you have to press space bar many times until u reach end of config.

However need help fixing this.

debug log.txt

Spartacus · Answer

Sonicwall aren't supported out-the-box by CatTools at present.

You may want to have a look at this thwack thread:  and more specifically the posting by scott.wilson.musco who has managed to get this working with his own custom scripts (which Scott has attached in further postings).  You'll need to install your own ftp server though as CatTools does not ship with one.

Please note: Custom scripting was added to CatTools v3.3.1, so you'd need to be running at least this version, otherwise you may well see errors that Digitaldesigndj was encountering:  Client Script error: Object doesn't support this property or method: cl.Initialise on line: ...

Regards,

Steve

devesh · Answer

Thanks Steve for your efforts. Good news is i managed to get it work. Problem was of shell the user account was using. We had created another user for backup and somehow it was left with bigpipe shell. When we changed to the advanced shell it works.

However i have one more querry.

Can i use cat tools for backing up configs of Sonicwall Aventail EX2500 SSL vpn device as well?

Spartacus · Answer

This is very non-standard paging behaviour.

As I mentioned before, you'd normally see a paging prompt like --More-- to indicate that you need to do something to display the next page; however if you are not seeing this, then it will be near impossible to get CatTools to work with this device unless there is a way of disabling the output paging (like the 'terminal length 0' command on Cisco IOS).

Steve