configure vm-tracking repository
configure vm-tracking repository
[primary | secondary] server [ipaddress | hostname] {vr
vr_name} {refresh-interval
seconds} {path-name
path_name} {user
user_name {encrypted
encrypted_password | password
}
Description
Configures FTP file synchronization for NVPP and VMMAP files.
Syntax Description
primary | secondary | Specifies the whether you are configuring the primary or secondary FTP server. |
ipaddress | Specifies the FTP server IP address. |
vr_name | Specifies the VR that is used to access the FTP server. |
seconds | Specifies how often the switch updates the local files that are synchronized with the FTP server. The range is 40 to 3600 seconds. |
path_name | Specifies the path to the repository server files from the FTP server root directory. The default directory for repository server files is: pub. |
user_name | Specifies a user name for FTP server access. If no username is specified, the switch uses user name anonymous. |
encrypted | This keyword indicates that the specified password is encrypted. |
password | Specifies the password for the specified user name. |
Default
Refresh interval: 600 seconds.
Usage Guidelines
Some jitter is added to the refresh interval period to prevent all switches from downloading files at the same time.
Example
The following example configures the switch to refresh the VMMAP and NVPP files from primary FTP server ftp1 every five minutes:
configure vm-tracking repository primary server ftp1 refresh-interval 300
History
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 12.5.
Support for specifying an FTP user name was added in ExtremeXOS 12.6.
Platform Availability
This command is available on all platforms.