Copy cisco router config between routers

To backup and restore a configuration from one cisco router to another using Hyperterm do the following:

1. Connect to the router you need to copy the configuration from via Hyperterm.
2. At the Router> prompt, issue the enable command, and provide the required password when prompted.

   The prompt changes to Router#, which indicates that the router is now in privileged mode.

3. Issue the terminal length 0 command in order to force the router to return the entire response at once, rather than one screen at a time.

   This allows you to capture the configuration without extraneous --more-- prompts generated when the router responds one screen at a time.

4. On the HyperTerminal menu, choose Transfer > Capture Text.

   The Capture Text window appears.

5. Name this file “config.txt.”
6. Click Start in order to dismiss the Capture Text window and begin the capture.
7. Issue the show running-config command, and allow time for the router to complete its response. You will see:
   

   Building configuration...

   followed by the configuration.

8. On the HyperTerminal menu, choose Transfer > Capture Text > Stop in order to end the screen capture.
9. Open the config.txt file you created in any text editor, such as Notepad or Wordpad.
10. Search for and remove any line that starts with “AAA”.

    Note: This step is to remove any security commands that could lock you out of the router.

11. Save the file.
12. Connect to the router that needs the configuration.
13. Open the config.txt file.
14. Highlight the entire contents of the config.txt file.

    You can do this by dragging the cursor from before the first character to after the last character in the file while holding down the left mouse button. Alternatively, if you use Notepad, you can choose Edit > Select All from the menu.

15. Copy the selected text to the Windows clipboard.

    You can either choose Edit > Copy from the text editor menu, or hold down the CTRL key and simultaneously press the C key in order to perform the copy.

16. Switch to the HyperTerminal window, and issue the configure terminal command at the Router# prompt. Then press Enter.
17. Paste the configuration file into the router by selecting Edit > Paste to Host on the HyperTerminal menu.
18. After the configuration has finished pasting and the router brings you back to the configuration prompt, issue the copy running-config startup-configcommand in order to write the configuration into memory.
19. Issue the exit command in order to return to the Router# prompt

There are other ways to copy the configuration using ftp and tftp found at.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1835/products_tech_note09186a008020260d.shtml

Automatic Startup of Virtual Machines in VMWare ESX

To start up your virtual machines automatically when a VMWave ESX server powers up you will need to log into your VMWare Infrastructure Client and then: Select the VMWare ESX server -> Configuration -> Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown as circled below.

Then click on Properties towards the top right of the window.

Tick the “Allow virtual machines to start and stop automatically with the system”. All your VM’s should be set to Manual startup initially, you will need to select them one by one and click the “Move Up” button. I like to order my VM’s with a statup delay to allow time for the Domain Controllers to finish starting up before the Exchange and File & Print servers.

Installing Quicktime 7 through Active Directory

Further to yesterdays posting I have also been trying to install Quicktime 7.62 to around 200 computers through the Active Directory application Software Installation GPO. As with Sketchup Apple did not provide an MSI file, but the quicktimeinstaller.exe file they do provide does extract to an MSI in the following folders when you double-click it and get to the “Welcome to the QuickTime 7 Installer” Screen:

Under Vista: C:\Users\User\Local Settings\temp\

Under WinXP: C:\documents and settings\User\Local Settings\Temp\

Under the above folders look for a folder who’s name is similar to IXP484.TMP (the string of three numbers appears to be random and changes each time you open the QuickTimeInstaller.exe) and copy the Quicktime.msi file to a place accessible by your workstations on a network.

After assigning the Quicktime.msi file in a GPO you will need to do one more thing to get the application to install. Right click on quicktime in your list of applications to be installed under software installation and select properties.

Note that the language says Chinese (Taiwan). If this package was left as is, the installation would not occur unless your installed XP/Vista systems were this language.

Now goto the Deployment Tab and click advanced towards the bottom. Select “Ignore language when deploying this package”. Click Ok, Ok and close down the Group Policy Editor and Group Policy Management