Re: Configure replace commands

Not sure what the problem is ...

Have you tried to increase the timer? During the time of config replace,
IOS 'locks' the configs ... not sure this is your issue; perhaps related to
timing.

When I am working remote and I want to revert back to the original configs
(in case I mess up), I simply use the 'reload in' command. If for branch
office / small office - will the reload command help / solve your problem?

Of course I am not normally working on core devices when using this 'reload
in' command ;-)

Kindest regards and have a great day!

Andrew

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 7:26 AM, wdpauw_at_gmail.com <wdpauw_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> I'm testing the configure replace option but I'm not really getting what
> I
> want:
>
>
> The idea is to use configure replace command with a specific timer when
> you do
> a configuration change. If you would loose your connection you will not be
> able
> to confirm the configuration change and the switch will revert back to his
> original configuration and your connection will be restored.
>
>
> On our switches we already have the archiving setup towards a TFTP server
> in
> our mgmt subnet, and this is the subnet also where we work from . So we
> will
> need to put the configuration on the nvram, flash,... because if we loose
> our
> connection we will not be able to get the config from the tftp server.
>
>
> I have a config on my disk 0: and I typed the following command
>
>
> configure replace disk0:test.txt-Dec-24-09-12-08-0 revert trigger timer 1
>
>
> After a minute it starts the replacement but it takes the config from the
> tftp server although I specified the disk0: in the configure replace
> command.
>
> In the config guides you can see that configure replace works together with
> the
> archive so I presume the software will take the latest file from the
> archiving.
>
>
> PS: I tested it with the configure replace
> disk0:test.txt-Dec-24-09-12-08-0
> force command and than it works fine. It seems that as soon as you use
> the
> time command it goes "wrong".
>
>
>
> Example:
>
>
>
> Router#$eplace disk0:test.txt-Dec-24-09-12-08-0 revert trigger timer 1
> !Rollback Confirmed Change: Backing up current running config to
> tftp://192.168.1.2/test.txt-Dec-24-09-17-06-0
>
> This will apply all necessary additions and deletions
> to replace the current running configuration with the
> contents of the specified configuration file, which is
> assumed to be a complete configuration, not a partial
> configuration. Enter Y if you are sure you want to proceed. ? [no]:
> %ARCHIVE_DIFF-5-ROLLBK_CNFMD_CHG_BACKUP: Backing up current running config
> to
> tftp://192.168.1.2/test.txt-Dec-24-09-17-06-0yes
>
> Rollback:Acquired Configuration lock.
> Total number of passes: 2
> Rollback Done
>
> Router#Rollback Confirmed Change: Rollback will begin in one minute. Enter
> "configure confirm" if you wish to keep what you've configured
>
> %PARSER-6-EXPOSEDLOCKRELEASED: Exclusive configuration lock released from
> terminal '0' -Process= "Exec", ipl= 0, pid= 304
> %ARCHIVE_DIFF-5-ROLLBK_CNFMD_CHG_START_ABSTIMER: User: console: Scheduled
> to
> rollback to config tftp://192.168.1.2/test.txt-Dec-24-09-17-06-0 in 1
> minutes
> %ARCHIVE_DIFF-5-ROLLBK_CNFMD_CHG_WARNING_ABSTIMER: System will rollback to
> config tftp://192.168.1.2/test.txt-Dec-24-09-17-06-0 in one minute. Enter
> "configure confirm" if you wish to keep what you've configuredRollback
> Confirmed Change: rolling to:tftp://192.168.1.2/test.txt-Dec-24-09-17-06-0
>
> Loading test.txt-Dec-24-09-17-06-0 from 192.168.1.2 (via Vlan10): !
> Loading test.txt-Dec-24-09-17-06-0 from 192.168.1.2 (via Vlan10): !
> [OK - 7864 bytes]
>
> %ARCHIVE_DIFF-5-ROLLBK_CNFMD_CHG_ROLLBACK_START: Start rolling to:
> tftp://192.168.1.2/test.txt-Dec-24-09-17-06-0
> Rollback:Acquired Configuration lock.
>
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