Event Manager Applet or Kron TCLSH not working??

[Itoffice@pocklingtonschool.com]

Hi, I'm trying to shutdown an interface on a 3850, 

Ive followed the guides on this link https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-24145 but they don't appear to be working?

Am I missing something?

I want to shut down GigabitEthernet2/0/20 at 04:00 and bring it up at 21:50

I set the time on the switch.

This is the first method I tried.

event manager applet shut
event timer cron name shut cron-entry "0 4 * * *"
action 1 cli command "configure terminal"
action 2 cli command "interface GigabitEthernet2/0/20"
action 3 cli command "shutdown"
event manager applet noshut
event timer cron name noshut cron-entry "50 21 * * *"
action 1 cli command "configure terminal"
action 2 cli command "interface GigabitEthernet2/0/20"
action 3 cli command "no shutdown"

This didn't seem to work, so I tried method 2 on the document:

Creating the files on the flash but replacing the line interface FastEthernet 0/0 with interface GigabitEthernet2/0/20

Example:

configure terminal

interface FastEthernet 0/0

shutdown

kron policy-list noshut

cli tclsh noshut

kron occurrence noshut at 21:50 recurring
policy-list noshut
!
kron occurrence shut at 4:30 recurring
policy-list shut
!
kron policy-list noshut
cli tclsh noshut
!
kron policy-list shut
cli tclsh shut

The Schedule is set as follows:

Core3850#sh kron schedule
Kron Occurrence Schedule
noshut inactive, will run again in 0 days 12:53:54 at 21:50 on
shut inactive, will run again in 0 days 19:33:54 at 4 :30 on

This didn't work either can anyone help me debug why? 

Many Thanks in advance!

Rob

[Georg Pauwen · Accepted solution]

Hello,

in the first script, you are missing the 'enable" commands, add those and check if it works:

event manager applet shut
event timer cron name shut cron-entry "0 4 * * *"

action 1.0 cli command "enable"

action 1.1 cli command "configure terminal"
action 2 cli command "interface GigabitEthernet2/0/20"
action 3 cli command "shutdown"
event manager applet noshut
event timer cron name noshut cron-entry "50 21 * * *"

action 1.0 cli command "enable"

action 1.1 cli command "configure terminal"
action 2 cli command "interface GigabitEthernet2/0/20"
action 3 cli command "no shutdown"

[Itoffice@pocklingtonschool.com]

Thank you Georg, 

The enable command would prompt for a password, would this need to be entered into the script too?

Cheers

Rob

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

no, you don't need to add the password to the script...

[paul driver]

Hello

The below would be applicable weekly Monday-friday

event manager applet shut
 event timer cron cron-entry "0 4 * * 1-5"
 action 1.0 cli command "enable"
 action 1.1 cli command "conf t"
 action 1.2 cli command "GigabitEthernet2/0/2"
 action 1.3 cli command "shut"
 action 1.4 cli command "end"



event manager applet noshut
 event timer cron cron-entry "50 21 * * 1-5"
 action 2.0 cli command "enable"
 action 2.1 cli command "conf t"
 action 2.2 cli command "GigabitEthernet2/0/2"
 action 2.3 cli command "no shut"
 action 2.4 cli command "end"

[Itoffice@pocklingtonschool.com]

Thank you for those reply's.

I can confirm adding enable to the script has got it working for me. Should be obvious really but I missed it.

Thanks !

Rob