I'm trying to get the following scheduled job to run:
switch(config)# scheduler job name backup_job
switch(config-job)# cli var name timestamp $(TIMESTAMP) ; copy running-config bootflash:/$(SWITCHNAME)-cfg.$(timestamp) ; copy bootflash:/$(SWITCHNAME)-cfg.$(timestamp) tftp://1.2.3.4/
switch(config-job)# exit
switch(config)# scheduler schedule name backup_timetable
switch(config-schedule)# job name backup_job
switch(config-schedule)# time daily 1:23
switch(config-schedule)# exit
switch(config)# exit
This job is taken directly from multiple Cisco MDS and Nexus documents. From what I can tell, the purpose of this job is to save the running configuration to a file on bootflash with date & time in the file name and then to copy the file from bootflash to tftp server.
I can create the job and schedule successfully:
switch(config)#show scheduler job name backup_job
Job Name: backup_job
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cli var name timestamp $(TIMESTAMP)
copy running-config bootflash:/$(SWITCHNAME)-cfg.$(timestamp)
copy bootflash:/$(SWITCHNAME)-cfg.$(timestamp) tftp://1.2.3.4
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switch(config)#show scheduler schedule name backup_timetable
Schedule Name : backup_timetable
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User Name : admin
Schedule Type : Run every day at 10 Hrs 48 Mins
Last Execution Time : Tue Mar 6 10:48:00 2012
Last Completion Time: Tue Mar 6 10:48:00 2012
Execution count : 1
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Job Name Last Execution Status
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backup_job Success (0)
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The scheduled job runs successfully but the files that are created have the variable $(TIMESTAMP) in the file name instead of the actual date and time e.g. switch-cfg.$(TIMESTAMP)
The logfile contains the following:
Schedule Name : backup_timetable User Name : admin
Completion time: Tue Mar 6 10:59:26 2012
--------------------------------- Job Output ---------------------------------
`cli var name timestamp $(TIMESTAMP)`
`copy running-config bootflash:/PEN-9509-2-cfg.$(TIMESTAMP) `
Copy complete, now saving to disk (please wait)...
`copy bootflash:/PEN-9509-2-cfg.$(TIMESTAMP) tftp://1.2.3.4 `
Trying to connect to tftp server......
Connection to server Established. Copying Started.....
It looks to me that the $(timestamp) variable is being created successfully and is being replaced with the $(TIMESTAMP) variable but this is not being replaced with the actual date and time.
The thing I don't get is that this looks to me that we're trying to nest variables and the same Cisco documents from which I get this configuration also state that nested variables are not allowed.
I have tried this on different hardware - MDS9500, MDS9100, Nexus 5000, Nexus 7000 and different software - SAN-OS 3.3, NX-OS 4.1, NX-OS 5.2 but cannot get it to work. I have also tried to put the commands in a script and run with the run-script command but it still does not work.
There is probably another method to achieve what this configuration is trying to achieve (and I would like to know if there is) but I want to know if this particular configuration will work.
Can anyone tell me if they have got this working or can see what I'm doing wrong or can try running this in a lab please?
