From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 18 18:22:43 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 602B116A40F for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:22:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mksmith@adhost.com) Received: from mail-in02.adhost.com (mail-in02.adhost.com [216.211.128.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41AC413C4C4 for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:22:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mksmith@adhost.com) Received: from ad-exh01.adhost.lan (unknown [216.211.143.69]) by mail-in02.adhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EE4C2BD823; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:22:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mksmith@adhost.com) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable x-cr-puzzleid: {10816F78-5320-4264-AD2C-51C3E876CABB} Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:22:34 -0700 Message-ID: <17838240D9A5544AAA5FF95F8D520316020181D1@ad-exh01.adhost.lan> In-Reply-To: <462660FD.1000608@calarts.edu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Best Open Source software to backup Cisco switches and routers Thread-Index: AceB5j8lnvLT/MmNRHW0kdo3FnPwuAAABd9A x-cr-hashedpuzzle: CWUL CgED C3/N DmxB EPWn GBbn IEWx I1NX LmFp L3EG QfrF RLdN TVas T2Gi Ub5J U5xW; 2; ZgByAGUAZQBiAHMAZAAtAHEAdQBlAHMAdABpAG8AbgBzAEAAZgByAGUAZQBiAHMAZAAuAG8AcgBnADsAcwBtAHUAcgBwAGgAeQBAAGMAYQBsAGEAcgB0AHMALgBlAGQAdQA=; Sosha1_v1; 7; {10816F78-5320-4264-AD2C-51C3E876CABB}; bQBrAHMAbQBpAHQAaABAAGEAZABoAG8AcwB0AC4AYwBvAG0A; Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:22:34 GMT; UgBFADoAIABCAGUAcwB0ACAATwBwAGUAbgAgAFMAbwB1AHIAYwBlACAAcwBvAGYAdAB3AGEAcgBlACAAdABvACAAYgBhAGMAawB1AHAAIABDAGkAcwBjAG8AIABzAHcAaQB0AGMAaABlAHMAIABhAG4AZAAgAHIAbwB1AHQAZQByAHMA References: <462660FD.1000608@calarts.edu> From: "Michael K. Smith - Adhost" To: "Sean Murphy" , Cc: Subject: RE: Best Open Source software to backup Cisco switches and routers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:22:43 -0000 Hello: > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:19 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List > Subject: Best Open Source software to backup Cisco switches and routers >=20 > I am looking to automate the process of backing up my Cisco routers and > switches config files and have come across RANCID. Is this what I > should use on my FreeBSD server or is there something better? >=20 I guess it depends on what information is important to you. That is, if you just need a most recent copy of the configuration files then you could use tftp, ftp or scp to move the file off the router to the server. If you want to have a set of diffs indicating what changes were made when, plus have the ability to select from multiple revisions should you have to revert, then Rancid is definitely the way to go. Regards, Mike