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Backup config not saved on 750GR2 / Text config not working

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:27 am
by jerryroy3
Hello,

We have approx 500 R750GL routers with 5.26 deployed and we are now starting to deploy the newer RB750Gr2 Hex units with 6.36.2 code.

We have always been able to backup and restore files from the "Files" directory on the older RB750GL but this does not work on the 750Gr2. We can create a backup file but after a reboot, the file is gone? What do we need to do to restore this capability?

We also have a web based system that creates configurations by pulling the required data from a database and generates a final config text file with IP's and interfaces, passwords and all unique data. See Example snippet below:

[/interface bridge
add admin-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 ageing-time=5m arp=enabled auto-mac=yes \
disabled=no forward-delay=15s max-message-age=20s mtu=1500 \
name=loopback1 priority=0x8000 protocol-mode=none transmit-hold-count=6
/interface ethernet
set 0 arp=enabled auto-negotiation=yes bandwidth=unlimited/unlimited disabled=no full-duplex=yes l2mtu=\
1598 master-port=none mtu=1500 name=ether1-gateway-static speed=\
100Mbps
set 1 arp=enabled auto-negotiation=yes bandwidth=unlimited/unlimited disabled=no full-duplex=yes l2mtu=\
1598 master-port=none mtu=1500 name=ether2-master-local speed=100Mbps
set 2 arp=enabled auto-negotiation=yes bandwidth=unlimited/unlimited disabled=no full-duplex=yes l2mtu=\
1598 master-port=ether2-master-local mtu=1500 name=ether3-slave-local speed=100Mbps
set 3 arp=enabled auto-negotiation=yes bandwidth=unlimited/unlimited disabled=no full-duplex=yes l2mtu=\
1598 master-port=ether2-master-local mtu=1500 name=ether4-slave-local speed=100Mbps
set 4 arp=enabled auto-negotiation=yes bandwidth=unlimited/unlimited disabled=no full-duplex=yes l2mtu=\
1598 master-port=ether2-master-local mtu=1500 name=ether5-slave-local speed=100Mbps
/interface ethernet switch
set 0 mirror-source=none mirror-target=none name=switch1
/ip ipsec proposal
set [ find default=yes ] auth-algorithms=sha1 disabled=no enc-algorithms=3des \
lifetime=30m name=default pfs-group=modp1024
add auth-algorithms=sha1 disabled=no enc-algorithms=3des lifetime=30m name=juniper pfs-group=none
/ip pool
add name=default-dhcp ranges=172.16.22.11-172.16.22.254]

This final file is copied onto a 750GL and we do a "reset configuration" and select the config file and the unit reloads with the config correctly. This does NOT work on the RB750Gr2. I have pasted the text of this file LINE BY LINE and it works correctly but loading the file itself and doing a reset configuration like we did with the 750GL does NOT work. Anyone have any ideas???

Re: Backup config not saved on 750GR2 / Text config not working

Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:11 pm
by emils
You need to store files in /flash directory otherwise they are stored in ramdisk and deleted upon reboot.