[113950] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Config Backup / Inventory
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Provo)
Fri Apr 24 09:11:04 2009
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:10:47 -0400
From: Joe Provo <nanog-post@rsuc.gweep.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 09:25:05AM +0100, Joshua Eyres wrote:
[snip]
> I am looking for a bit of advice around configuration backup / inventory. We
> currently have a large multi-vendor network which is currently managed
> through two separate tools (rancid - http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid and ns4
> - http://www.noodles.org.uk/ns4.html). Both tools do the job very well, but
> management have asked that we look for commercial alternatives that have a
> proper support organisation looking after them.
Since rtrmon waned and rancid waxed (97ish?), I've been a proponent and
seen no support issues. Lots of commercial offerings (mostly vendor-
specific) have changed or were from companies which folded between then
and now. A non-trivial track record speaks volumes.
[snip]
> things about it. We are looking for a tool which is flexible that allows
> configuration backup to textual form for easy restoration as well as the
> ability to deploy scripted changes to the network quickly.
Sounds like rancid & par to me. :-)
Cheers,
Joe
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