topic Re: EMC tftp in ExtremeCloud IQ- Site Engine Management Center

EMC tftp

Jeff_Roberts — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:09:27 GMT

Is it possible to tftp a config file from a non-Extreme device to the Netsight server?
I'd like to schedule config backups but I'm not having much luck. I'm attempting to run a script to copy startup-config to the Netsight server.

When I run the command on a Dell switch: "copy startup-config tftp://x.x.x.x/%DEVICEIP%.txt,"
I get the error: "%TFTP-A-TftpRxERROR: An error message was received: 2 "
I run the same command and point it to a tftp server on my machine and it transfers successfully.

Re: EMC tftp

StephanH — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:25:53 GMT

Hello Jeff,

first of all you have to check how you can do a backup e. g. to an TFTP-Server manually on the CLI of you switch. Remember the commands you are using on the cli for backup.
Now you can create you on Backup-Script in XMC. If you need information how to create this script open the online help in XMC and search for:

How to Set Up Third-Party Device Support

Regards
Stephan

Re: EMC tftp

StephanH — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 05:27:53 GMT

Hello Jeff,

one more hint. Remember the result you will receive if you do the backup on the Dell CLI.
In the backup script there is a section to check if the backup was successful. In that session you can fill in the CLI result (with regex).

Regards
Stephan

Re: EMC tftp

Jeff_Roberts — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 06:02:50 GMT

Actually, because of the way Dell handles ssh login, I'm unable to use an EMC script. However, it does work if I run the script from the Java legacy Netsight application.

My problem is, I'd like to use the tftp server built into EMC and store the configs on the EMC server. When I attempt to run the copy tftp command on the Dell switch, I get the error: "%TFTP-A-TftpRxERROR: An error message was received: 2 "

I have a tftp server on my desktop and the file copies successfully so for some reason, EMC's tftp server won't allow a file to be transferred to it.

Re: EMC tftp

StephanH — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:19:41 GMT

The XMC tftp allows only known devices by default for security reasons.

See here how to change:
Cannot create new backup via tftp within Netsight

(admin edit to use non-mobile URL)

Re: EMC tftp

Zdeněk_Pala — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 18:53:40 GMT

Please be inspired here at GitHub

The Dell is available to download there also. Good luck!