unable to copy run FTP (VRF Aware)

[fasikaasresu]

                   my interface is in a specific VRF

interface Loopbackx

  ip vrf forwarding  MGMTxxx

ip address xxxxxxxxxx

and the

global

comand

ip tftp source-interface Loopbackx 

is also enable

the problem is

though I can ping to the ftp server

and I can telnet to the ftp server using port 21

I am not able to copy

run tftp/....../sublocation/

any help is apreciated

[Vasilii Mikhailovskii]

Hello.

you are copying file via FTP, but configured source-interface for TFTP.

If the guess is wrong, could you please share your configuration and failed attempt output?

PS: FTP is using TCP 21/20, TFTP is using UDP 69. Btw, you might need to configure FTP as passive (ip ftp passive) to use TCP 21 only, because TCP20 could be blocked somewhere.

[paul driver]

Hello

On the source router is tftp or FTP enabled?

Tftp server xxxxx

Ip ftp username xxxx
ip ftp password xxx
ip ftp passive
ip ftp source-interface xxx

Res
Paul

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[jai_chandra2001 · Accepted solution]

i tried

copy ftp://username:password@1.1.1.1 bootflash:  vrf <vrf name>

and it worked on 4500 switch

[gaspard.mbole]

This solution works on 9300 as well, Thank you Jai...

[gaspard.mbole]

You can also set the

ip ftp source-interface

to the interface configured on the associated vrf. (you can do this in the global configuration mode)

[craiglong]

If you're having this problem on a device that doesn't support the vrf option at the end of the

copy

command, try just sourcing the ftp traffic from the interface that's in the vrf. 

For example, on a 3850, the Managment port, Gi0/0, is in the Mgmt-vrf by default and can't be changed.  Since I didn't have an option to use the vrf at the end of the

copy 

command like you can on a 4500, I just did an

ip ftp source-interface Gi0/0

and the

copy

command knew to use that Mgmt-vrf vrf to access the ftp server.

[Pasha74]

Well done, this is extremely useful on ISR 4xxx ....how come don't they support vrf in copy command????