Backup tool for ASA config?

Hi,
We are using Solarwinds Kiwi backup tool to backup our ASA configs, however it has hit a bug which they are looking into as it only backs up half of the config. While they search for a fix does anyone know of another free tool I can use to schedule backups of our ASA?
Thanks

Hi Bro
You could look into some freeware tools out there in the market such as Cisco SNMP Tool v2.5 and WinAgents HyperConf. Good luck.
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