NVRAM NVRAM Save/Restore Utility Update

[Xentrk]

NVRAM Save/Restore Utility Update ~ version 30.4.0 18-November-2020

Updated nvram-merlin.ini file to include missing nvram variables from John's Fork. The primary vars of interest are vpn_clientX_custom fields along with a handful of other nvram variables. I also created a section of NVRAM parms that were unique to the fork.

I also fixed the issue where the chmod was not working correctly when an updated program was downloaded.

If you are an Asuswrt-Merlin user, the code will ignore the nvram parms unique to the fork. To speed up processing, you can also comment out the line below by adding a # sign in nvram-merlin.ini file (line 2266).

#[John's Fork NVRAM Parms]

 

[archiel]

Updated from amtm (u and uf) on both occasions update looked fine, however amtm still reporting Version 30.3.0

All files look to have updated

admin@RT-AX88U-5050:/tmp/mnt/Router/nsru# ls -l
drwxrwxrwx    4 admin    root          4096 Sep  2 09:35 backup
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root           823 Nov 18 16:26 clear-maclist.sh
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root         10382 Nov 18 16:26 jffs-restore.sh
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root         10120 Nov 18 16:26 nvram-excp-merlin.sh
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root          3288 Nov 18 16:26 nvram-hnd-migr.sh
-rw-rw-rw-    1 admin    root         37541 Nov 18 16:26 nvram-merlin.ini
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root         15841 Nov 18 16:26 nvram-restore.sh
-rw-rw-rw-    1 admin    root          1510 Nov 18 16:26 nvram-sample.ini
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root         40866 Nov 18 16:26 nvram-save.sh
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root          1074 Nov 18 16:26 nvram-user-sample.sh
-rw-rw-rw-    1 admin    root           514 Sep  2 09:35 nvram-util.log
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root          3295 Nov 18 16:26 save-mynvram.sh

but when I ran nvram-save.sh, I get

nvram-save.sh: Saving RT-AX88U settings from firmware 384.19_0
nvram-save.sh: Using standard NVRAM variable file: nvram-merlin.ini Version=30.4.0
nvram-save.sh: Running in Backup Mode
nvram-save.sh: WARNING: nvram-excp-merlin.sh is mismatched version

 

[atkinsom]

I'm running the utility today after updating from amtm and at the beginning of the backup on John's Fork I get the error below. Is this something I should be concerned with? Thanks

 

[L&LD]

@archiel there is one more update to do... Look at the menu again.

 

[Xentrk]

I'm running the utility today after updating from amtm and at the beginning of the backup on John's Fork I get the error below. Is this something I should be concerned with? Thanks

View attachment 27757

I'll get rid of that message. It is left over from the legacy code. Please ignore it.

 

[Xentrk]

Updated from amtm (u and uf) on both occasions update looked fine, however amtm still reporting Version 30.3.0

All files look to have updated

admin@RT-AX88U-5050:/tmp/mnt/Router/nsru# ls -l
drwxrwxrwx    4 admin    root          4096 Sep  2 09:35 backup
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root           823 Nov 18 16:26 clear-maclist.sh
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root         10382 Nov 18 16:26 jffs-restore.sh
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root         10120 Nov 18 16:26 nvram-excp-merlin.sh
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root          3288 Nov 18 16:26 nvram-hnd-migr.sh
-rw-rw-rw-    1 admin    root         37541 Nov 18 16:26 nvram-merlin.ini
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root         15841 Nov 18 16:26 nvram-restore.sh
-rw-rw-rw-    1 admin    root          1510 Nov 18 16:26 nvram-sample.ini
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root         40866 Nov 18 16:26 nvram-save.sh
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root          1074 Nov 18 16:26 nvram-user-sample.sh
-rw-rw-rw-    1 admin    root           514 Sep  2 09:35 nvram-util.log
-rwxr-xr-x    1 admin    root          3295 Nov 18 16:26 save-mynvram.sh

but when I ran nvram-save.sh, I get

nvram-save.sh: Saving RT-AX88U settings from firmware 384.19_0
nvram-save.sh: Using standard NVRAM variable file: nvram-merlin.ini Version=30.4.0
nvram-save.sh: Running in Backup Mode
nvram-save.sh: WARNING: nvram-excp-merlin.sh is mismatched version

I'll get rid of that message. It is left over from the legacy code. Please ignore it.

 

[Xentrk]

I updated the version number in nvram-excp-merlin.sh to eliminate the message. All of the scripts with version numbers have been updated to match each other, even if there were no code changes to the individual scripts. I hate bumping a version of code if there were no changes to it. But I still need an overall version number for the project to manage overall updates.

I may remove the version check feature. It may have been necessary when the original project was hosted on Google Drive and one had to download files individually.

 

[archiel]

The message regarding nvram-excp-merlin.sh has gone but even after updating the NSRU screen in amtm shows 30.3.0

and the main amtm menu shows

 

[kernol]

The message regarding nvram-excp-merlin.sh has gone but even after updating the NSRU screen in amtm shows 30.3.0
View attachment 27780
and the main amtm menu shows
View attachment 27782

As @L&LD said in a post above - take another look at the text menu - try option 5 to update the NVRAM save restore utility .... you will find that updates the version number and the utility.