You can't really have The Dude do any kind of backups / configuration management.
If you want a solution that just works, check out
Unimus.
No need to configure anything on the routers.
Takes about 15 minutes to deploy to manage a network of 1000 devices.
(assuming you can mass-import devices)
You will also get the ability to do change management (see a diff of what changed in between various backup points), network-wide config search, etc.
You can also check out Rancid or Oxidized as alternatives.