snapshot task on Cisco APIC failing

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Dears 
 NA 2022.11 Cisco APIC 
 Driver discovery for Cisco APIC primary controller has completed, however snapshot task is failing. 
 Please be noted we are connecting to APIC using SSH user with below format, 
 apic#TACACS\sshusername 
 Does NA accept this format and is this the reason snapshot task is failing. 
 Is there any way we can specify SSH and SNMP credentials in APIC directly in Network automation itself. 
 Can we specify timeout parameter for snapshot task.

Chris_Powers · Accepted Answer

Hi, 
 So, each of your questions back to me have a few options, I'll try to cover each, but the question (back to you) is really about how your NA environment is set up.... 
 In general, password rules are easier / less administrative work than setting credentials and details for each individual device. Some places have automation in place that does this manual setting of each device. I'm unsure how you guys are, but.... 
 Where I can set up HTTP/HTTPS for APIC controllers 
 Two options: 
 Globally (as in you set this once and then every single device going forward will have this set unless you turn it off on the ones you don't want it): 
 Admin / Administrative Settings -- Device Access

and / or 
 You can set it at the device level. 
 For each device (or you can use batch edit - more later) 
 Edit / Edit Device 
 Under Connection Information

Batch Edit: 
 When you work with a list / group of devices that you want to edit 
 You have your list shown on in the Web IUI 
 
 Click Select / All 
 Click Actions / Batch Edit 
 You'll then see a similar form as you saw with Edit Device 
 Check the box for "Set Connection Methods" 
 Set whatever value you want for "Transfer Protocol" 
 Scroll down and Save when done 
 
 Next question: 
 how can I set device access variable "get_all" to true. 
 At best three options... 
 First and best case for making this change easily, you use password rules AND you have a rule specific to the APIC devices. 
 Admin / Device Password Rules 
 Edit your rule that you have in place for these devices 
 Click on Show Device Access Settings

You'll see the available boxes, pick the top empty one that does NOT have a selection value available. (and don't focus on the number of boxes in this example when comparing to your env - it is a customization that we have done) 
 
 In that name box, you'd enter:get_all 
 In the Value box below it, you'd enter true 
 Save your change 
 
 I mentioned this works best if you have a rule specific for say the APICs, this isn't necessarily the case here, but something to always keep in mind. If you set a value here and some other device happens to use this rule, then it will try to use that variable and value. 
 It may be a non-issue OR it may cause a problem, something for you to keep in mind. 
 Option 2 - Edit Device 
 If you are assigning the credentials by editing the devices, then you can set up the variable there....But, as shown below, this only works IF you have selected device-specific passwords 
 
 And then save your change. 
 lastly, you can usually do this by adding a line in your adjustable_options.rcx file where you will say that for the APIC driver, you want to make that variable / value setting. I'm not going to show this as too many things could go wrong if you aren't careful. This is a good option, but I'd suggest working with support on it to be safe. 
 I think I covered your questions, reply back if I missed anything. 
 Good luck, 
 Chris

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