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Have a look at Kiwi CatTools. If you can find an older version I'ts free with a max of ten devices.<br />
The newer 'free' version only can have one device.<br />
I'm using three instances of it ;)
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Have a look at Kiwi CatTools. If you can find an older version I'ts free with a max of ten devices.
The newer 'free' version only can have one device.
I'm using three instances of it ;)

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you can use kron if your IOS support it:<br />
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Backup on FTP config example:<br />
ip ftp source-interface loopback 0<br />
ip ftp username ftp_username<br />
ip ftp password ftp_password<br />
file prompt quiet<br />
!<br />
kron policy-list backup<br />
cli copy running-config <a href="ftp://10.20.30.40" rel="ugc">ftp://10.20.30.40</a><br />
!<br />
kron occurrence daily-backup at 0:30 recurring<br />
policy-list backup<br />
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<a href="http://safarsafarov.wordpress.com/2010/12/12/automate-backup-with-cisco-ios-kron/" rel="ugc">http://safarsafarov.wordpress.com/2010/12/12/automate-backup-with-cisco-ios-kron/</a>
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you can use kron if your IOS support it:

Backup on FTP config example:
ip ftp source-interface loopback 0
ip ftp username ftp_username
ip ftp password ftp_password
file prompt quiet
!
kron policy-list backup
cli copy running-config ftp://10.20.30.40 [ftp://10.20.30.40]
!
kron occurrence daily-backup at 0:30 recurring
policy-list backup

http://safarsafarov.wordpress.com/2010/12/12/automate-backup-with-cisco-ios-kron/ [http://safarsafarov.wordpress.com/2010/12/12/automate-backup-with-cisco-ios-kron/]

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I need a way to backup router and switch configurations, preferably automatically but I am not against manually doing it either. &nbsp;<br />
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I am rather new to switches/routers so be gentle lol. &nbsp;I know enough to be dangerous as they say. &nbsp;<br />
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Also I would like to avoid spending money if at all possible! &nbsp;Thanks !
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I need a way to backup router and switch configurations, preferably automatically but I am not against manually doing it either.  


I am rather new to switches/routers so be gentle lol.  I know enough to be dangerous as they say.  

Also I would like to avoid spending money if at all possible!  Thanks !

Automatically backup switch/router config *newbie*

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.

Switches / Hubs

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.

Routers

Cisco PIX is a dedicated hardware firewall appliance; the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) is a firewall and anti-malware security appliance that provides unified threat management and protection the PIX does not. Other Cisco devices and systems include routers, switches, storage networking, wireless and the software and hardware for PIX Firewall Manager (PFM), PIX Device Manager (PDM) and Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM).