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How to backup and restore configurations on lots of Cisco routers and switches from Linux?

I'm looking for a way to backup, save, version and restore configurations of Cisco network equipments. I need to be able to automatically GET and PUSH configuration files on lots of routers and switches. I'm looking for some kind of Linux…
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RANCID - timeout connecting PALOALTO in HA

When rancid try to connect via SSH to PALO (the active one) i get a time out message. Connecting manually everything is ok. I believe is something related to prompt containing parethesis. add user fw-* backup-user add password fw-* {xxxxxx}…
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Getting "flogin error: Error: TIMEOUT reached" when adding Brocade switches to Rancid

I've set up Rancid on my Ubuntu 14.04 system for a couple of devices which all work fine except for all devices of type 'foundry' (Brocade). Every hour a cron job executes rancid-run as the rancid user. I tested both the flogin as the clogin binary…
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Rancid err: failed router manufacturer: Permission Denied

I'm having some trouble with my initial Rancid set up for my network config backups. I am at the phase where I am attempting to use the rancid-run command to test. When the script completes, I will receive one of the following messages in the log…
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Same script, same OS, same installation, failing

So I'm working with RANCID to monitor some switches and I'm using clogin now to test some modifications. I'm working in two different computers but both of them from the office. Althought they are on different subnets, both can stablish telnet and…
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SSH login to Cisco switch using Rancid times out

I have a 3560 switch that I have configured to accept SSH logins, and this works fine. However I cannot get Rancid to complete the login process to any of my switches using SSH. I get a timeout error after a minute or so. Telnet logins work fine…
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Back up arbitrary config files on linux servers in RANCID

I use RANCID to back up router and switch configurations. I'd also like to be able to have it take automatic backups of configuration files on my servers so I can easily see when changes occur and if something breaks, revert to the last known…
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