Re: Lab configuration script and service config

For me it works as it shud. The file must be formatted correctly as if
it was a startup/runn config. I suggest you follow you regular steps,
erase start, reboot and load your preconfig the way you want, then
save it on flash. Thereafter try using #config replace in future
instead of reload.

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On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Carlos G Mendioroz <tron_at_huapi.ba.ar> wrote:
> Hmmm,
> do you usually use config replace ? I have some mixed feelings about it.
> I've just checked to see, and this is my first try:
>
> HQ-1#config replace flash:base-confg
> 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]: y
>
> %The input file is not a valid config file.
>
> hehe,
> that file is exactly what I want, and in fact, is what the router has as a
> startup config. Seems the code is more intelligent than needed.
>
> -Carlos
>
> ccie19804_at_gmail.com @ 23/08/2011 15:06 -0300 dixit:
>>
>> You can save the preconfig (full configuration) on flash and replace
>> running config without a reload. (assuming flash is not erased everytime)
>>
>> #config replace flash:preconfig
>>
>> Swap
>> #19804
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> Plaese ingore seplling mistkaes
>> ___________________________
>>
>> On 23 Aug 2011, at 21:41, Carlos G Mendioroz <tron_at_huapi.ba.ar> wrote:
>>
>>> Not sure you grasp what the issue is.
>>> The "write memory" will take 5 seconds, but the reload on a 2811 takes 5
>>> minutes. And Aaron recipe was write memory plus reload.
>>>
>>> The whole issue is to set a router (in a lab environment) to a known
>>> state (i.e. a presaved configuration) from an unknown state in the least
>>> time. This has to be done every time you want to set up a lab.
>>>
>>> The steps I was doing were:
>>> 1- write erase + reload (takes you to a known state)
>>> 2- conf t + load config
>>>
>>> and in doing step 2, service config was getting in the way.
>>>
>>> Now, I'm doing an xmodem transfer to flash (via console, which is the
>>> only communication I have, or else I have to setup some connectivity
>>> to a tftp server, and that involves configuring more devices), then
>>> copy to startup and then a reload. Only one reload cycle, which is
>>> AFAIK, the optimum.
>>>
>>> -Carlos
>>>
>>> Shaughn Smith @ 23/08/2011 13:58 -0300 dixit:
>>>>
>>>> Not sure you grasp what write memory is. It will take literally a couple
>>>> of seconds and same your config changes to the startup config. Not sure
>>>> where xmodem comes into this CCIE # 23962 (SP)
>>>> Sent from my iPhone 4
>>>> On 23 Aug 2011, at 12:11 PM, Carlos G Mendioroz <tron_at_huapi.ba.ar>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> That is way too costly on a 2811, 5 minutes!
>>>>> What I saw yesterday is "service config" in the running config
>>>>> some 2 minutes after the script put a "no service config" in
>>>>> there. Nuts.
>>>>>
>>>>> I guess I'm changing the approach, I will be writing to the startup
>>>>> config and then reload with the final config in. I dropped that
>>>>> because 2800s do not support copy from xmodem to startup, but
>>>>> I will be writing to flash and then copy from flash to startup.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Carlos
>>>>>
>>>>> Aaron Riemer @ 23/08/2011 01:06 -0300 dixit:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Carlos,
>>>>>> I believe you need to write memory and reload for the messages to go
>>>>>> away.
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> -Aaron.
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf
>>>>>> Of
>>>>>> Carlos G Mendioroz
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 23 August 2011 4:10 AM
>>>>>> To: Cisco certification
>>>>>> Subject: Lab configuration script and service config
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> has anybody seen "service config" reappearing by itself ?
>>>>>> I'm trying to solve an issue where a script that is applying
>>>>>> configuration to a router gets confused because of interleaved
>>>>>> "%Error opening tftp://255.255.255.255/HQ-2-confg (Timed out)"
>>>>>> messages.
>>>>>> I'm doing "no service config" and "no logging console" right away,
>>>>>> but the messages keep showing up.
>>>>>> Any clues ?
>>>>>> -Carlos
>>>>>
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