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TFTP Server Sweep

Hello All.

I've been searching for about an hour on Thwack in hopes that someone else had already figured this out; but I've not been very successful, so FWIW I'll start a new thread...

As a part of our company's Change Management, network engineers are required to manually backup a device, to TFTP, BEFORE and AFTER their changes are implemented.  I can see where the TFTP config files are being deposited on the CatTools TFTP directory; but I can't find a way to have CatTools sweep that directory and import the configs into the database.

It seems like I should be able to make a new script modeled after the built-in "Device.Backup.TFTP" script to just skip the part where it logs-in and forces the TFTP push.  I just want to process the files transferred into a specific directory.  For instance:

From the router:  copy run t192.168.1.10/.../myrouter.txt

CatTools activity fires every 15 minutes and sweeps c:\...CatTools3\\TFTP\configs\*

Email report of what was processed.


Any suggestions?

-=B

  • After reading reams of documentation, finally I contacted Solarwinds support and received the following and submitted an enhancement request.

    I'll see about creating a custom action, but for the time involved with that I might just invest time in RANCID.

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    Thank you for contacting Solarwinds Technical Support.

    At this time there is no way to configure CatTools to monitor the TFTP Root and report on what is in it. Here's how the Device.Backup.TFTP Activity works:

    1. Logs into the system and sends commands to have device upload its config file the TFTP Server.
    2. CatTools compares the Device's file within the TFTP Root with the Device's file in the Current Configs directory.
         -If a difference is found, the file in the Current Configs directory is dated and moved to the Dated Configs directory.
         -If no difference is found, the Device's file is moved from the TFTP Root to the Current Configs directory, replacing the current file.
    3. A report is sent out, if configured to do so.

    The Device.Backup.Running Config directory works similarly however it uses the \ClientTMP\ directory instead of the TFTP Root directory.
    At no point is the TFTP root directory contents scanned.

    The closest thing would be to use the Report.Compare.Two files activity. You could configure it to run every x number of minutes and have it compare a specific file in the TFTP Root directory with a specific file in the Current Configs directory. If it finds any differences, it can send you an email with a report. It will, however, not move any files. More on this Activity is found here:

    http://www.kiwisyslog.com/help/cattools/act_repcomptwofiles.htm

    Let me know if this helps.
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