Crontab for backups - Entries not running

Have you tried removing "/usr/bin" and just leaving the command "tmsh save sys ucs config1.ucs"

You could also do something like this:

Make a bash script file in /config for example that says

tmsh save sys ucs 

scp -p /var/local/ucs/ root@:/var/local/ucs/

Then just point the cron to run that.

27 8 * * * /config/

Hope that helps! If it does please up-vote and select this answer, it'd be greatly appreciated!

-Dylan

Here is requested info, shell script runs via commandline. The enclosed crontab file is the default config for a new install, along with the one added backup.sh line. Is there an extra step when modifying the crontab on an F5 v/s a regular linux box?

-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 166 2019-02-13 13:05 backup.sh

backup.sh

!/bin/bash

/usr/bin/tmsh save sys ucs config1.ucs /usr/bin/scp /var/local/ucs/config1.ucs user@server:/backups/config1.ucs

[root@DEV1:Active:In Sync] ~ crontab -l

MAILTO=""

1-59/10 * * * * /usr/bin/diskmonitor

0 */4 * * * /usr/bin/diskwearoutstat

12 17 * * * /usr/bin/updatecheck -a

12 17 06 * * /usr/bin/phonehome_upload

6 * * * * /usr/bin/copy_rrd save

06 13 * * * /root/backup.sh

Yeah if that backup.sh file is located in /root/ then it should be working... I see you had it set to run at 1:06pm, are you in central time?

I see you are on 13...

There is a cron.daily file you should put the commands in.

Check THIS out

Yes, Central. Thanks for looking at it.

Let me know if that cron.daily works for ya!

Thanks for the link.

After reading through the anacron behavior, using cron.daily isn't going to work for us. I need this backup to reach our centralized repository prior to an archival job that runs later in the night.

I went through all of the files within /etc/cron.*, none of those files are running the jobs listed within the root crontab, so I get the feeling I'm missing something between editing the crontab and implementing the crontab.

At this point, I may spin up a 13.0 or 12.x guest to see if the behavior exists there, as well.

I have had success on 12.1.1.2 with similar configs.

I just tested this on v 13.1.1.3.

All I did was add:

*/1 * * * * tmsh save sys ucs thisisatest.ucs

(The */1 * * * * just runs it every minute)

and I have a fresh ucs created.

You are running rontab -e and then doing "Esc:wq" then enter to quit editing correct?

You are defiantly onto something. I swapped mine to using */5 * * * * and that worked. When I changed it back to 4 15 * * *, it no longer works. Does a specific time work for you?