Kron with hostname

[Emil Naklicki]

Hello,

I have a lot of switches in need to backup. I have Kron working if I set the file name manually. For example, show run | redir tftp://10.5.7.50/folder/switch.txt. My question is, is there a way to automatically insert the hostname into this command. Something along tftp://10.5.7.50/folder/%hostname%.txt ?

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

try:

tftp://10.5.7.50/folder/$h-

The '$h-' will be replaced with your hostname...

[Emil Naklicki]

Hi George,

Unfortunately this is only creating a $h- file name in my tftp server.

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

sorry about that: Try without the hyphen:

$h

[Georg Pauwen · Accepted solution]

Hello,

here is an example. The $t should add a timestamp to your filename as well...

archive
path tftp://10.5.7.50/folder/$h-$t
write-memory

!

kron policy-list SHOWRUN
cli write memory

!

kron occurence SHOWRUN_COPY at 22:00 recurring
policy-list SHOWRUN

[Emil Naklicki]

Hello George,

So for some reason when I do this with the following, I get file name $h-$t
kron policy-list SHOWRUN
cli write memory | redir tftp://10.5.7.50/folder/$t-$t
kron occurence SHOWRUN_COPY at 22:00 recurring
policy-list SHOWRUN
Seems strange that it won't work in this fashion alone.

However,
It works great in the archive and as a bonus I get a file written every time I write memory!

Thanks again for your help. This saved me a ton of time.

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

--> kron policy-list SHOWRUN
cli write memory | redir tftp://10.5.7.50/folder/$t-$t

The variable only works in the archive, not in KRON unfortunately...

[Emil Naklicki]

Well that explains all the confusion. Thanks again.

[bharaldsson]

Thanks for this, it worked for me. 

My question is, is it possible to save the configuration using archive to multiple TFTP servers at once (I have 2 tftp servers)?

I tried adding a second tftp path, but then that becomes the main path for saving the config.

Thanks!