Re: Lab configuration script and service config

Well, I found what the basic check was (no version in the config file).
But then, it fails badly on complex voice config:

% Cannot remove controllers this way
% Removal Smart-init will be enabled upon reload.

Also, licenses fail to be removed, and current licenses are S/N tagged.
So this scheme fails if the configuration comes from another box.

I will stick to a reload cycle for the time being :) Thanks anyway!
-Carlos

swap m @ 23/08/2011 15:20 -0300 dixit:
> 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.
>
> Swap
> #19804
>
> 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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