Cisco tools to backup startup & running config files.
Success Stories
"Oputils has given me a single interface to monitor, isolate and troubleshoot network related problems usually before they are noticed by the end user base."
1. In the Config File Manager tool,
I am not getting the Startup Config file. It says "Cisco Copy
Config MIB" is not supported?
The Startup Config file of a Cisco device is retrieved through SNMP
using the Cisco Copy Config MIB. For devices running older IOS versions,
which do not support Cisco Copy Config MIB, the Running Config file
can only be retrieved.
2. Why do I get the error "E5003: Unable to bind to Port -69"
in Config File Manager?
The Config files from the cisco devices are downloaded using the
TFTP server, which listens at port 69. If this port is occupied or
when you run OpUtils in a Linux machine without root privileges, you
will get this error.
3. I tried to retrieve a config
file from a Cisco device. But, when I click to view the config files,
it is blank.
The possible reasons could be:
If you are running OpUtils in a Windows m/c, check whether the
Windows Firewall is blocking the communication. You can either check
retrieving the config files after stopping the firewall or by adding
UDP port 69 to the exceptions list.
If you are running OpUtils in a dual IP m/c, there is a possibility
that the TFTP Server is bind to a wrong IP. Click the Settings link available in the Config File Manager tool and specify the IP Address to which the TFTP Server has to be bind. Click Stop and Start so that the TFTP Server gets bind to the specified IP Address.
4. When I try to get the Access Lists, I get an error as "E4002:
Wrong CLI authentication parameters". How do I fix this?
The Access List of the Cisco devices are retrieved through CLI. Check
the command prompt and password prompt of the device and set it in
OpUtils by clicking the CLI Settings link available in the Device Explorer tool.
The role of an Network Administrator is to manage all the network resources efficiently. The administrator has to monitor the health and availability of the devices, check for disk space in critical servers, backup the configuration of routers/switches, monitor the bandwidth, restrict unauthorized network access, identify the devices connected to switch ports, and more. While it is possible to achieve this with several tools available in the market, an integrated solution is the need of the hour when it comes to troubleshooting and correlating data between several tools.
OpUtils with is integrated set of network monitoring tools helps them to perform these tasks efficiently. It includes tools for Network Diagnostics, Address Monitoring, Network Monitoring, SNMP Monitoring, Server Monitoring, and Cisco Monitoring. It correlates the results of the various tools and presents it in the form of reports that helps an administrator to get an integrated view. Above all, most of the tools can be scheduled to run periodically, which helps them to automate the task thereby reducing manual intervention.
