1.5 VPN Configuration Dump Tool

The VPN configuration dump tool is a command line utility that dumps the required VPN configuration information to a file. The VPN configuration is read from Novell eDirectory™ and written to a text file on the server.

The user is provided with menus indicating which specific type of dump can be chosen.

1.5.1 Information That Can Be Dumped

The following VPN configuration information can be dumped into a file:

  • VPN Server Information: This includes information about services being hosted on the server.

  • VPN Client-to-Site Configuration: This includes general configuration, traffic, and authentication rules. The general parameters include remote LDAP server information and DNS/SLP configuration.

  • VPN Site-to-Site Configuration: This includes general configuration, member details and traffic and third-party rules.

1.5.2 Viewing the Dump Information

The dump tool can be used on Netware as well as Windows*.

On NetWare

To download the dump tool files:

  1. Locate the vpndump.ncf and vpnDump.jar files.

    These two files are available as a zip file named vpndump_NW.zip in the unsupported directory under VPN on the product CD.

  2. Unzip the vpndump_NW.zip file on the sys: volume of the NetWare server.

    The vpndump_NW.zip file must be unzipped on the sys: volume of the NetWare server. The following files are copied in the specified folders:

    • vpnDump.jar in sys:\tomcat\4\webapps\nps\web-inf\lib

    • vpndump.ncf in sys:\system

  3. Run Tomcat 4 and restart Tomcat.

To use the tool:

  1. Execute vpndump.ncf by providing the following command line arguments: 

    vpndump <user> <context>

    For example: vpndump admin novell

  2. When prompted, specify the password and choose the type of dump.

  3. The configuration is dumped to a text file and the name of the text file is displayed.

On Windows

  1. Locate the dump tool files and extract them to any folder on a Windows machine.

    The files for the dump tool on Windows are

    • vpndump.bat

    • vpnDump.jar

    • vpndump_win_readme.txt

    These three files are available as a zip file named vpndump_win.zip in the unsupported directory under VPN on the product CD.

  2. Edit the vpndump.bat file. To do so, change the SET UDR=C: \ imgrsdk\tomcat line to provide the tomcat_home path.

    The tomcat home path is the folder where tomcat has been installed such as SET UDR= tomcat_home absolute path >

  3. Save the vpndump.bat file.

  4. Run the vpndump.bat file by providing two arguments, user and context. vpndump< user> < context>

    For example, vpndump admin novell

  5. When you are prompted, provide the Tree IP, Novell BorderManager server name, and the password.

    After successful authentication to the server, you can choose the type of dump.

    The configuration is dumped to a text file and the name of the text file is displayed.

1.5.3 Example on Windows

The following screen shot displays how the configuration dump tool information is available on a Windows machine.

Figure 1-1 VPN Configuration Dump Tool on Windows