SLX-OS: Copy confing to FTP

[olegu]

Hi team,

I’m having trouble while trying to copy running config to the remote ftp server.

I have two VRFs (mgmt and default), each configured with 0.0.0.0/0.

I’m able to ping the remote ftp server.

SLX-OS: 17r.1.0

SC2-SLX9540-A29# copy running-config ftp://user:password@172.16.31.11/slx.txt
Error while transferring file over ftp. Please check the host IP address, user/password, and the permission and space left on the remote directory.

In addition, I was able to download the config form my VDX fabric, configured the same way.

Would appreciate any troubleshooting hints.

Thank you, Oleg

[joergkost]

vrf-support has been added in SLX OS 18r.2.00.

[olegu]

Thank you,

That solved the issue. Keep forgetting that SLX-OS has a linux sub-system.

Still would be good to have the copy command to be vrf-aware.

Thanks one more time, Oleg

[Michael_Morey · Accepted solution]

Oleg,

If you have already verified connectivity, UN/PW and directory permissions, I suggest you test if you can reach the FTP server from the linux sub-system.

From SLXOS issue the command:

     copy run flash://slx.txt

Then go to the Linux shell:

     start-shell

• This will place you in the VRF “mgmt-vrf”
• To move to the VRF “default”, elevate to Root with “su” and use the command:
  • /fabos/cliexec/vrfcmd 1 bash

Once in the Shell and appropriate VRF issue the command:

     cd /var/config/vcs/scripts

Verify you see your config file with the “ls” command, and then establish FTP:

     ftp [FTP_SERVER_IP]

Provide your UN/PW and navigate to the appropriate destination.

Use the following command to attempt to upload your config:

     put slx.txt

At the various steps you can eliminate some of the variables in your issue; if you can connect via FTP we can validate that the UN/PW is being accepted, if you can navigate to the path we can validate that the path is correct, and if you can copy successfully we know the permissions are OK.