Hi  there,

I am running Cat Tools 3.3.17 and trying to backup all my device configs to one server.

I am having an issue with 2 HP switches - I receive a

I am not too familiar with setting the device information - password, manager password etc. I have it for Direct connect via SSH2

Any help would be grateful!

G

Hi all,

We have installed new Cisco 2960 switch in our building to replace the old faulty one.

When trying to backup the config using CatTools, I am getting the error "Connect failed:(30044) No available encryption algorithms match with the server."

The config is identical to the old switch. Is there something else that I need to configure on the switch for the CatTools to backup the config?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if you require more info.

Cheers,

Vig.

We are using cattols version 3.5.0 and no posibilities of choose the putty or other software for SSH connection on miscelaneus configuration. No problem accessing via putty but we have the error mentioned using cattools. Analyzed a trace it looks like the ssh client (cattols) doesn´t accept the key material offered by the Nexus.

Hello! Thank you anyone willing to help. My company is using an older version of CatTools 3.6 and i'm having an issue where running the Copy command times out during its execution. However, the command does complete successfully and the backup does appear in the TFTP server it is connecting to. I would really like to set this up to send an email only if there are errors, but sadly it'll be emailing every time due to this error! I am using Nortel/Avaya switches and everything from the 4500's to the 4900's are having the problem. 

Here is a sample code:

show run

copy running-config tftp address 10.68.75.32 filename m4800test_config.cfg

exit

--

Detail Log:

Waiting for an echo of copy running-config tftp address 10.68.75.32 filename m4800test_config.cfg command

Did not receive echo of copy running-config tftp address 10.68.75.32 filename m4800test_config.cfg command

Did not receive echo of copy running-config tftp address 10.68.75.32 filename m4800test_config.cfg

Aborting command entry due to command error

Command results: 1 of 3, 1

etc, etc....

Again, the Copy command actually does complete. The file does populate in the TFTP server and its fine, It just takes LONGER than the timeout value of the script to copy it over. So it doesn't error, but CatTools thinks it does.

Is there a way to resolve this? Thank you in advance!

Hi, does CATTOOLS have any limitation on number of devices it can manage?

Thanks.

I am trying to pull the runnin config from a device where after I login I get the following prompt:

Please press "Enter" to continue!

I am having trouble handling this with the Post-Login Message and Keystroke Variations.  It is apparent that I can't use quotes in the Post-Login message, but I don't see how to escape that character so that it is accepted.  Past that, it is not clear how to send a "enter" pres with the Post-Login Keystroke.  Is it like a "space" where I just need to literally type out "enter" or is there some code I should be using instead?

Has anyone else run into this issue?  What can I do to resolve it?

Hello,

I am pretty new in Kiwi CatTools so don't expect much.

The switch i wanted to back-up is the Cisco.SmallBusiness SF-300-24PP.

I keep getting this error;

'' Did not receive command prompt after connecting via SSH ''

Hi

I have managed to get a full back of a Fortigate firewall working using TFTP and I thought I would share how I did it with the community.

We have a pair of Fortigates 3600C and we run multiple VDOMs on these, this meant the default script withing Cattools didn't work for us. We also require a keystroke before logging in as well. All this meant I had to use a combination of variations and also the TFTP backup method.

Variations configuration

• Add your devices using the "Generic.Device" type, this will allow you to use "Variations"
• Give them a group name - it is well worth using the same group name for all Fortinets as this will allow you to apply the same variations to all devices within that "Group"
• Fill in the rest of the device info and passwords as you would do normally
• Go to the "variations" tab and click "use variations"
• Go to the "prompts" tab and fill in the information as shown in the "qoutes":-

DEVICE_USERNAMEPROMPT = "login as:"

DEVICE_PASSWORDPROMPT = "password:"

DEVICE_STANDARDPROMPT = "#"

DEVICE_PRIVILEGEDPROMPT = "#"

DEVICE_CONFIGPROMPT = "(global) #"

• Go to the "additional commands" tab and fill in the information as shown in the "qoutes":-

COMMAND_ENTERCONFIG = "configure global"

COMMAND_EXITCONFIG = "end"

• Go to the "pre/post login" tab and fill in the information as shown in the "qoutes":-
• NOTE: you may not need to do this if you aren't asking for a pre login key stroke.

PRE_LOGIN_MESSAGE = "(Press 'a' to accept):"

PRE_LOGIN_KEYSTROKE = "a"

• Then click on the "group save" button as this will then save the changes to the group you specified. This will allow you to add more devices to this group and it will pre-populate the variations for you. This saves a lot of work in the future.

TFTP activity configuration

• Go to activities and click add
• Set Type to "Device.Backup.TFTP"
• Fill in name and description
• Set schedule under the time tab
• Add your devices
• Go to "Options" tab
• Untick the "file to write to tftp server"
• Untick the "enter commands in enable mode"
• In the "optional alternative list of commands" section input the following:-

%ctUM: Timeout 100

%ctUM: EchoOff

config global

%ctUM: EchoOff

execute backup config tftp %ctDeviceName-Running-Config <input your IP Address>

%ctUM: EchoOff

• If your not using the default file locations don't forget to change them, I got caught out on this. Mine look like:-

F:\CatTools2\Configs\%GroupName%\Config.Current.Running.%BaseFile%.txt

F:\CatTools2\Configs\Archives\%GroupName%\Config.Dated.Running.%BaseFile%.%DateISO%-%TimeHHMM%.txt

• Click ok to save

Now run the activity to check it all works. What you will find is there is about a 5 minute delay where it shows as a busy task. Be patient as it will finish. I would recommend running this task outside of any other backups as it does take a bit longer than others.

Hope this helps others getting this working.

EDIT

I have updated this to change from using the command "execute backup full-config" to use "execute backup config". This is because we had an issue recently where we were unable to restore the backup taking using the "execute backup full-config" command.

Fortinet recommend using the "execute backup config" command as this just restores the configuration that has been changed.

I have now tested this on our lab device and I was able to restore the configuration successfully.

Cheers

Jay

Message was edited by: Jaybed --

Hey All,

I've looked at the Cat Tools backup manager and I have all of my switches backing up in our environment.

What I'm looking for is a straightforward way to re-image a switch in the event of a power or hardware failure.

It seems that some get by copying and pasting from the text file copy from the config backups under program files, there's the Solarwinds TFTP server application that's free (and I need to dig into this), but being a newer Network Administrator.

One of the fundamental tasks is just restoring a device from backup and it seems that I'm missing something here. I've glanced through the Administrator's Guide, and I've gone through the Cisco forums.

But, I was curious what are is the protocol you guys use for this process?

Thanks

Hi Thwack community,

this is my first discussion

We are having some troubles with "Checkpoint Security Gateway" Devices. Because there is no suitable Device-Template for those devices i used the Generic.Device combined with a Device Variation to backup the Running Configuration.

Device Details: Check Point Security Gateway using Gaia R77.20 as OS, Kiwi Cattools 3.6.0

I always try to copy the manual steps i would do via putty/SSH to cattools. Those manual steps would be:

1. login via ssh
2. "lock database override" //get prev. rights
3. "show configuration" //running config gets printed to stdout with paging (-- More --) -> as fas as i know there is no ter len 0/ no paging command
4. quit or exit

Somehow cattools is having some problems with those steps :/

It isn´t getting input from the "show configuration" command which should print to stdout "Did not receive echo of show configuration command".

I attached you the log-info File and the Device variations so you could get a look into the changes i made.

Has anyone ever had similar problems (and a solution to it)? Especially with Checkpoint Devices?

Best regards,

Max

Hi, We have just installed some extreme switches and currently
it is backing up using model X450-24X running the show configuration command.

We are wanting to run the following below command and wondered whether this
would be possible if we had a variations file and running a TFTP server on
server where cat tools is installed.

tftp put x.x.x.x vr "VR-Default"primary.cfg **Saved file name***.cfg

The above command makes it easier to restore configs if we were to have issues.

We tried running Device.Backup.TFTP activity but it currently only supports Cisco Devices.

Thanks

I am receiving the following message from a newly installed Riverbed Router.  Any ideas?

2013-10-05 23:15:17 2-Warning 6 Riverbed-Router Failed to connect to Riverbed-Router. Reason: (30044) No available encryption algorithms match with the server.. Will try again.

We are using cattols version 3.5.0 and no posibilities of choose the putty or other software for SSH connection on miscelaneus configuration. No problem accessing via putty but we have the error mentioned using cattools. Analyzed a trace it looks like the ssh client (cattols) doesn´t accept the key material offered by the Nexus.

I am running CatTools 3.9 and am trying to backup the config from a Brocade switch. When I run the Device.Backup.Running.Config script I receive the error "Did not Receive command prompt after connecting via SSH"

I have searched the forums and the CatTools pdf but have been unable to locate an answer for this problem.

Hi,

I tried to get the Outlet Configuration from our PDU's.

Login is successful and menu navigation seems to be ok, but output is not as expected:

1

------- Device Manager --------------------------------------------------------

     1- Bank Management
     2- Outlet Management
     3- Power Supply Status

     <ESC>- Back, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
>
2

------- Outlet Management -----------------------------------------------------

     1- Outlet Control/Configuration
     2- Outlet Restriction

     <ESC>- Back, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log
>

Debug is:

<NEWSESSION Kiwi CatTools 3.4.0 21.10.2009 14:11:05>
<PROTOCOL=Telnet>
<DEVICE TYPE=APC.AOS>
<ACTIVITY TYPE=Device.CLI.Send commands>
<ACTIVITY SCRIPT=C:\Program Files\CatTools3\Scripts\Client.Device.CLI.Send commands.txt>
<USERS NAME FOR DEVICE=PW50MGMT01>
<C OK 14:11:05><R-14:11:05>[10][13]User Name : <W-14:11:05>apc[13]<R-14:11:05>apc[10][13]Password  : <W-14:11:05>apc[13]<R-14:11:05>***<R-14:11:05>[10][10][10][13]American Power Conversion               Network Management Card AOS      v3.7.0[13][10](c) Copyright 2008 All Rights Reserved  Rack PDU APP                     v3.7.0[13][10]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------[13][10]Name      : PW50MGMT01                              Date : 10/21/2009[13][10]Contact   : XXXXXX                                   Time : 13:11:05[10][13]Location  : XXXXXXXXXXX 14005556         User : Administrator[10][13]Up Time   : 253 Days 1 Hour 46 Minutes                Stat : P+ N+ A+[13][10][13][10]Switched Rack PDU: Communication Established[10][10][13]<R-14:11:05>------- Control Console -------------------------------------------------------[13][10][13][10]     1- Device Manager[13][10]     2- Network[13][10]     3- System[13][10]     4- Logout[13][10][13][10]     <ESC>- Main Menu, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log[13][10]> <W-14:11:07>[13]<R-14:11:07>[10][10][13]------- Control Console -------------------------------------------------------[13][10][13][10]     1- Device Manager[13][10]     2- Network[13][10]     3- System[13][10]     4- Logout[13][10][13][10]     <ESC>- Main Menu, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log[13][10]> <W-14:11:11>1<W-14:11:11>[13]<R-14:11:11>1[10][10][13]<R-14:11:11>------- Device Manager --------------------------------------------------------[13][10][13][10]     1- Bank Management[13][10]     2- Outlet Management[13][10]     3- Power Supply Status[13][10][13][10]     <ESC>- Back, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log[13][10]> <W-14:11:14>2<W-14:11:14>[13]<R-14:11:14>2<R-14:11:14>[10][10][13]------- Outlet Management -----------------------------------------------------[13][10][13][10]     1- Outlet Control/Configuration[13][10]     2- Outlet Restriction[13][10][13][10]     <ESC>- Back, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log[13][10]> <W-14:11:17>1<R-14:11:17>1<W-14:11:17>[13]<R-14:11:17>[10][10][13]<R-14:11:17>------- Outlet Control/Configuration ------------------------------------------[13][10][13][10]<R-14:11:17>     1- ASA50                    ON[13][10]     2- Outlet 2                 ON[13][10]     3- Outlet 3                 ON[13][10]<R-14:11:17>     4- Outlet 4                 ON[13][10]<R-14:11:17>     5- Outlet 5                 ON[13][10]     6- FW0WAF01                 ON[13][10]     7- Outlet 7                 ON[13][10]     8- Outlet 8                 ON[13][10]     9- Outlet 9                 ON[13][10]    10- Outlet 10                ON[13][10]    11- Outlet 11                ON[13][10]    12- Outlet 12                ON[13][10]    13- Outlet 13                ON[13][10]    14- Outlet 14                ON[13][10]    15- Outlet 15                ON[13][10]    16- Outlet 16                ON[13][10]    17- Outlet 17                ON[13][10]    18- Outlet 18                ON[13][10]    19- Outlet 19                ON[13][10]<R-14:11:17>    20- Outlet 20                ON[13][10]<R-14:11:17>    21- Outlet 21                ON[13][10]<R-14:11:17>    22- Outlet 22                ON[13][10]<R-14:11:17>[13]        Press <ENTER> to continue...<W-14:11:17>[13]<R-14:11:18>[13]                                    [13]    23- Outlet 23                ON[13][10]    24- Outlet 24                ON[13][10]    25- Master Control/Configuration[13][10][13][10]     <ESC>- Back, <ENTER>- Refresh, <CTRL-L>- Event Log[13][10]>

Commands used are:

%ctUM: EchoOff
%ctUM:PauseTime 02
1
%ctUM:PauseTime 02
2
%ctUM: EchoOn
%ctUM:PauseTime 02
1

Info Log:

2009-10-21 14:11:04 3-Info 0 Kiwi CatTools Service Performing activity - Run Now
2009-10-21 14:11:04 3-Info 0 Kiwi CatTools Service Loading activity: TEST_APC_Ports. Schd: 26
2009-10-21 14:11:04 4-Debug 0 Kiwi CatTools Service Marshaller - Running script. Device: PW50MGMT01
2009-10-21 14:11:05 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 Connected to 10.252.11.1
2009-10-21 14:11:05 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 Login APC AOS: PW50MGMT01
2009-10-21 14:11:05 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 Beginning Login AAA
2009-10-21 14:11:05 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 Sending login AAA username
2009-10-21 14:11:05 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 Sending login AAA password
2009-10-21 14:11:07 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 DeviceHostnameID: N/A
2009-10-21 14:11:07 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 Login to PW50MGMT01 was successful
2009-10-21 14:11:08 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 Device at ------- Control Console ------- menu
2009-10-21 14:11:08 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 %ctUM: EchoOff processed successfully
2009-10-21 14:11:09 3-Info 1 PW50MGMT01 Pausing for 2 seconds - %ctUM:PauseTime.
2009-10-21 14:11:11 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 %ctUM:PauseTime 02 processed successfully
2009-10-21 14:11:11 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 Waiting for a response to: 1
2009-10-21 14:11:12 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 Device at ------- Device Manager ------- menu
2009-10-21 14:11:12 3-Info 1 PW50MGMT01 Pausing for 2 seconds - %ctUM:PauseTime.
2009-10-21 14:11:14 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 %ctUM:PauseTime 02 processed successfully
2009-10-21 14:11:14 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 Waiting for a response to: 2
2009-10-21 14:11:15 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 Device at ------- Outlet Management ------- menu
2009-10-21 14:11:15 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 %ctUM: EchoOn processed successfully
2009-10-21 14:11:15 3-Info 1 PW50MGMT01 Pausing for 2 seconds - %ctUM:PauseTime.
2009-10-21 14:11:17 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 %ctUM:PauseTime 02 processed successfully
2009-10-21 14:11:17 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 Waiting for an echo of 1 command
2009-10-21 14:11:17 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 Waiting for a response to: 1
2009-10-21 14:11:17 4-Debug 1 PW50MGMT01 Stepping past Press <ENTER> to continue...
2009-10-21 14:11:19 1-Error 1 PW50MGMT01 Client script error: Invalid procedure call or argument: 'InStr' on line: 671
2009-10-21 14:11:19 3-Info 0 Kiwi CatTools Service All threads have finished. Now processing results...
2009-10-21 14:11:19 4-Debug 0 Kiwi CatTools Service No report data found. Not sending report via e-mail.
2009-10-21 14:11:20 4-Debug 0 Kiwi CatTools Service Error notification e-mail was not sent. (Disabled when not in 'Timer' mode)
2009-10-21 14:11:20 3-Info 0 Kiwi CatTools Service Run Now activity has completed

Any Suggestions? :)

Hi all,

I'm implementing Cattools for a client to show the value in it (so they'll buy it).

I can't get it to log into their Nexus 5010 switches (2).

No matter what i do, the authentication ALWAYS fails, however i can log into the switches using putty with the same cred's.

Any ideas? Here are some debug's:

Using 3.11.2 but having trouble backing up the config for Cisco WLC 5800. 1-error : TFTP Backup failed: error with commands or TFTP file not found. Using the Device.Backup.TFTP activity. Device variation with additional command: Showing Running Config is checked and I entered show run. AAA username/password and SSH username/password are filled in along with the initial login requires username/password being checked. Not sure if anyone else has had issues, or perhaps I am missing a critical setting?

I've been able to use Kiwi Cat Tools to backup nearly all of our Cisco devices successfully.  However, our Nexus 7k's do not seem to be working with Cat Tools.  We use radius authentication and ssh to access our 7k's but cat tools seems to stall after the ssh log-in.  I've tried every combination of AAA username and password as well as ssh username and password, but no matter what it just seems to stall at the ssh fingerprint portion of the device backup.  Anyone have any ideas as to what I am doing wrong or have another way to backup the configs for the 7k using Kiwi Cat Tools?

I have been running CatTools 3.4 Free on an XP machine for some time and found it brilliant.

I've recently replaced this machine with a Win 7 x64 machine and installed CatTools 3.6 Free.  Everything is working correctly except for the compare running configs which tells me that there is no change even when there is.  This is occurring for several Cisco and Juniper models and they worked fine under 3.4 (which unfortunately I don't have anymore).

I dont' know if it's a cause or a result but the Dated Configs folder remains empty and does not have any history of the changed configs either.  The version of the running config in the Config directory is always correct (ie it updates correctly when the activity runs) it's just the comparison and Dated Config that fails (or never occurs).

Please help, this is exactly what I used CatTools for.  I've tried a fresh install and created new activities to no avail.

Thanks,
J

Hi Guys,

Newby Cattools user here, well I've used the free version many years ago now, but I now got the registared version :-)

Anyway I've managed to get Cattools to grab and compare configs for 3 Cisco Devices and Motorola CMTS, and i've even got it to grab and compare for my lab Arris E6000 CMTS (by using the Motorola CMTS script.

But every time the schedule runs the program detects changes in the E6000 config: -

How can I stop this? it's config line 2 "# ChassisType=<E6000> shelfName=<Arris CER CMTS> shelfSwVersion=<CER_V01.01.00.0135> timeGenerated=<Fri Aug 15 12:10:21 2014>" and the timeGenerated part that is causing the compare error.

Do I need a new script for this device?

BTW Arris now own the Motorola CMTS product range.

Best regards

Steve.