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backup solution for cisco devices

i'm looking for a backup solution for cisco devices, ranging from switches, routers, and wireless controllers. we're talking less than 50 devices it will be less than half that in about a year or so. i'd prefer it not to be something "enterprise". is kron enough for what i'm looking for?

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pieterh
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it can be, but depends on other requirements you can think to be important

Kron script running on the switch can run to push the config to a ftp/tftp/sftp/nfs server
but if this fails you may not get an alarm from this 

a tool on a server that pulls the config from the network devices can also report that one or more switches is not reachable

so I would advice the last

Torbjørn
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All of the mentioned devices should support configuration archives for configuration backup. If you configure this on all devices they will upload their configuration to the destination configured on a set schedule.

archive
 path {destination}
 maximum {max number of backups}
time-period {interval in minutes}

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/ios/config/17-x/syst-mgmt/b-system-management/m_cm-config-rollback-0.html#GUID-CA4ADB8F-BA79-4072-9C01-977231F9405E

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BTW, it may be possible to save configs, rather than on a schedule, triggered with a config save on device.

Also BTW, having some saved config is much better than having nothing, but beware "corner cases" (like the prior config dropped off due to many same config saved, or only having start-up configs, etc.).