[AusNOG] (Semi/Somewhat/Paritially)-automated network configuration management

[Christopher Pollock]

I suppose the short answer is that this is a fairly bespoke requirement.  I
can't think of a time I've ever thought to try to do this.

That said, there are a number of ways that you could probably do it.  I'd
be surprised if you couldn't modify NetDisco to do something similar.

Obviously it's not the canned solution you're looking for, but worth a look
anyway.

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On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Paul Gear <ausnog at libertysys.com.au> wrote:

>  Hi everyone,
>
> Just wondering about everyone's thoughts on this issue, and looking for
> product recommendations.  I have a couple of problems that i would like to
> solve with a network configuration management tool:
>
>    - Find every occurrence of VLAN X on my entire network, across
>    multiple switch vendors and models, report about it in a boss-friendly
>    format, and then produce (or help me produce) a script to change VLAN X to
>    VLAN Y.
>     - Gather my switch & router configs, along with CDP/LLDP data, and
>    note any discrepancies in VLAN tagging between devices that connect
>    back-to-back.
>
> These are just examples, although they are real problems that i would like
> to solve in my current environment - i'm sure there are plenty more
> analytics that would be helpful as well.  It's 2012, and i can't understand
> why i can't find a canned (non-scripted) solution for this out there on the
> web.  Is it just my Google-fu failing, or are the tools still rudimentary?
>
> For the record, i've got plenty of experience with RANCID, i've tested
> Kiwi CatTools (seems to be just a prettied-up version of RANCID), and i've
> tried to find other relevant products from SolarWinds, Infoblox, and
> ManageEngine, but nothing is really jumping off the page.  Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
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