Backing up devices without CLI

[will.t]

Good news, everyone!

We've just posted a new blog (https://blog.unimus.net/backing-up-the-unbackupable/) that describes how to push backups to Unimus for devices without CLI.

Some network devices do not output their configs via CLI and instead copy them to an external location such as an FTP (TFTP, SCP ...) server. For this specific case we've prepared a bash/powershell script that you can use to automate pushing configuration backup files to Unimus from a local directory. It is available on github (https://github.com/netcore-jsa/unimus-useful-scripts)

We know this topic has been a thorn in the side for some of Unimus users and believe the blog will provide a solution and a bit of clarity.

As always the forum is here to offer help and answers if anything comes up.

[justinjocewicz]

Have a large file (1.5G) from a Cisco firepower management center. The issue I am having is that the script tries and base64 the entire file at once and the server runs out of memory. Specifically,

Exception calling "ToBase64String" with "1" argument(s): "Exception of type 'System.OutOfMemoryException' was thrown."
At H:\unbackupables.ps1:61 char:25

will raise an issue as well. Please advise.