RB1100AHx2 - Import problem

RouterOS General
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Hello

I’ve got a problem with my RB1100s. I want to backup the config of one RB1100 and import it on the second RB1100 so I can replace the first one should it fail.
I used the command “export” at “/” to export the whole config. The file I get looks OK to me.
Then I copy the file (default.rsc) to the second RB1100 and import it using this command: “system reset-configuration no-defaults=yes skip-backup=yes run-after-reset=default.rsc”.

The problem is that nothing or sometimes only a small part of the config gets imported. But when I open the config file in a text editor and copy paste it into the terminal, the whole config get “imported”.

What am I doing wrong? :question:

Many thanks,
Mat

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On the original RB run

export compact file=default.rsc

On the backup RB run

import file-name=default.rsc

If there are any errors in the code it will stop.
By pasting the code you could miss one of the errors if there was one.

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Hi Aug

thanks for your reply!

When I import the file, I don’t get any errors:

[admin@MikroTik] > import file-name=er1.bac_neu.rsc 
Opening script file er1.bac_neu.rsc

Script file loaded successfully

But only a part of the configuration is there after the import. When I just copy/past the script from the text editor into the terminal, everything works. Strange…
For me that wouldn’t be a big problem, but we also have some less experienced colleagues that need to be able to replace a failed device by them selves.

  • Mat
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check router storage for log file. It usually contains one if something fail. As you describe, script is partially loaded, that usually is an indicator, that there is a problem somewhere in the middle.

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I just found the main problem. I had to remove the “mac-address” in the interface part of the file. But there seem to be more problems in the file where it gets stuck.

  • Mat
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Just found another problem. I don’t know if it is some kind of bug or just the way it has to work:
I’ve got a DHCP-Relay configured on the main system which is disabled at the moment. When I try to import the config file the device whants me to define an Interface because there’s no Interface configured when the Relay is disabled. It that a normal behaviour?

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can you show how print looks like and how export looks like?
On newer version i get export that corresponds with print.

However - you can remove any configuration from export you do not require and see if that works. There is a tool created by the user linked in forum thread that is meant for export editing as only newer RouterOS releases have ‘’/export compact’’ option available.