Archive command not backing up the config

Question

I setup archive feature on our switch stack, thinking it will back up the full running config to an FTP server. The setup works fine when a write-memory is performed - the entire config gets sent to text file on FTP server. When it does a scheduled archive; however, the text file is virtually empty.
Here is the config:
Switch#sh run | beg archive
archive
path ftp://<server-ip>/A06_3750/$h-
write-memory
time-period 1440
Every 1440 minutes, my understanding is it would archive the config to the ftp server. Here is the text file it leaves instead:
! Last configuration change at 07:04:29 PST Sat Jan 29 2011 by user
! NVRAM config last updated at 06:52:01 PST Sat Jan 29 2011 by user
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
end
What am I missing here? Do I have to setup a kron job to run the "archive config" EXEC command?

Answer 1

Router#sh run | be kron
kron occurrence BACKUP at 20:45 recurring
policy-list BACKUP
kron policy-list BACKUP
cli sh run | redirect tftp://172.16.0.30/TFTP
Feb 15 17:45:59.800: IP: tableid=0, s=172.16.0.1 (local), d=172.16.0.30 (FastEthernet0/0.1), routed via FIB
Feb 15 17:45:59.800: IP: s=172.16.0.1 (local), d=172.16.0.30 (FastEthernet0/0.1), len 41, sending
Feb 15 17:46:02.425: IP: tableid=0, s=172.16.0.1 (local), d=172.16.0.30 (FastEthernet0/0.1), routed via FIB
Feb 15 17:46:02.425: IP: s=172.16.0.1 (local), d=172.16.0.30 (FastEthernet0/0.1), len 544, sending
Feb 15 17:46:05.425: IP: tableid=0, s=172.16.0.1 (local), d=172.16.0.30 (FastEthernet0/0.1), routed via FIB
Feb 15 17:46:05.425: IP: s=172.16.0.1 (local), d=172.16.0.30 (FastEthernet0/0.1), len 544, sending
Feb 15 17:46:09.425: IP: tableid=0, s=172.16.0.1 (local), d=172.16.0.30 (FastEthernet0/0.1), routed via FIB
Feb 15 17:46:09.425: IP: s=172.16.0.1 (local), d=172.16.0.30 (FastEthernet0/0.1), len 544, sending
Feb 15 17:46:14.425: IP: tableid=0, s=172.16.0.1 (local), d=172.16.0.30 (FastEthernet0/0.1), routed via FIB
Feb 15 17:46:14.425: IP: s=172.16.0.1 (local), d=172.16.0.30 (FastEthernet0/0.1), len 544, sending
Feb 15 17:46:20.425: IP: tableid=0, s=172.16.0.1 (local), d=172.16.0.30 (FastEthernet0/0.1), routed via FIB
Feb 15 17:46:20.425: IP: s=172.16.0.1 (local), d=172.16.0.30 (FastEthernet0/0.1), len 544, sending
Feb 15 17:46:27.425: %SYS-3-URLWRITEFAIL: redirection url write failed 'Timed out'
TFTP SERVER LOGS
Connection received from 172.16.0.1 on port 52956 [15/02 20:45:56.078]
Write request for file . Mode octet [15/02 20:45:56.078]
Using local port 1167 [15/02 20:45:56.093]
: rcvd 0 blk, 0 bytes in 1 s. 0 blk resent [15/02 20:45:57.093]
interstingly routers CPU goes up to 70%.
When i tried first time, i crashed my router and had to reconfigure again.
Thanks & Regards
Ahmed...
NOTE:dont look at debug time as i forgot to configure timestamp debug command after restoring my router config