When a few devices fail on a scheduled backup, for example if a site is down; is it possible for a job to automatically run the next day to try and backup those devices?
Thanks.
briancartledge I think you can create a job, running sometime after the initial job, to backup devices based on the status of the previous backup.
I think you would use the "Last Login Results" as the "Group by:" on the "Choose Nodes" tab of the job. (might need to use the "Dynamic Selection" instead, and then use "Last Login Result" is "XxCriteriaHere")
Then you can select, for example, "Cannot Log into Device:" and/or "Connection Refused by" etc...
Hi briancartledge,
No, that is not possible. That would be a feature request.
Regards,
Jiri
briancartledge
I actually use an advanced alert to run an NCM command to backup the running config anytime a node reports coming back up/online, after being down.
If you already use the alert to monitor the device, you can just add that action to the reset action of the alert.
This way I get a fresh config of the device after it comes back up/online, so I can compare it to make sure nothing changed.
Jiri Cvachovec
Yes, it would be nice to have a feature to automatically retry backups, only of devices that fail, every xx amount of time.
Thank you!
I created a job to run the next day with dynamic selection > Last login result is not Login OK and thats perfect for our requirements.
Glad to hear it worked for you.
It sure would be nice to have this as a built in feature/option, as opposed to having to build a new job to run.
