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Kiwi CatTools - Backup my device config using TFTP

Kiwi CatTools provides an activity called General.Backup Running Config which can use Telnet/SSH to collect config information from devices. The following information provides examples of how Kiwi CatTools can be used to backup devices using TFTP.

First published date

11/29/2018 10:29 PM

Last published date

11/29/2018 10:29 PM

Overview

Kiwi CatTools includes a command activity called General.Backup Running Config which uses Telnet / SSH to collect configuration information from devices. The following article provides examples of how Kiwi CatTools can be used to backup devices using TFTP.

Product section

Kiwi CatTools

Resolution

  1. Create a new General.Enter command activity containing one of the following example commands on the Options tab.
  2. Replace the example IP address 192.168.1.200 with the IP address of your TFTP Server.
Note: Kiwi CatTools provides a built-in TFTP Server.

 

Example for Cisco IOS 

copy running tftp
192.168.1.200
%ctGroupName/%ctDeviceName.cfg

 

 

Example for Cisco CatOS 

  
<nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/>
copy config tftp %ctCR 192.168.10.200 %ctCR %ctDeviceName.cfg %ctCR<nowrap/>
<nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/>

 

Alternate command for some CatOS versions 

  
<nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/>
write 192.168.1.200 %ctDeviceName.cfg %ctCR<nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/>
<nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/>
<nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/><nowrap/>

 

Note: To send a carriage-return, use the Kiwi CatTools variable %ctCR. See the CatTools help Activities chapter, "General.Enter command" section for more details about the Kiwi CatTools variables.