copy run start <enter> x 50

So if you have a bunch of switches to manage, and not so many hands to manage them, you may lag behind your backup routines, and this is where catastrophe will hit.

I call the first of the month day of St. Backup, because when something goes awry, that's the saint that will help me. However religious tough, I started to look around and found out that it was increasingly hard to keep up with the mundane, but precious, tasks that protect us most. My team and I just can't get the time or the resources to automate this with fancy Cisco tools.

Python to the rescue:

https://github.com/josemiguellferreira/backupcisco

This python script will parse your text file for an array of ip addresses corresponding to your switches. thereafter, if you can authenticate to them and they can see you on the network, they'll be spitting tftp copies of your running-config to you in no time.

St. Backup is starting to like St. Python!