[cisco-voip] Unity networking

[Rasim Duric]

My answer to Scott's question was based on my own experience since I had
had the same problem twice. I had spent many hours researching NetPro,
with TAC, running ADSIEdit etc. and ended up removing those entries from
the GlobalLocation table which TAC had also suggested. 

Since Scott Voll is an experienced VOIP expert, my assumption was that
his current Unity 4.0(5) works OK and the Uninstaller utility
successfully completed. If this is correct, than probably his location
objects became orphaned or stranded, and to get rid of these
stranded/orphaned objects is through SQL.

BTW, when you make a change in an SQL table this change becomes the last
highest synced USN, so this change will propagate into AD and not vice
versa. So there is no chance this change will come back on the next AD
sync (at least never came back to me since I had made this change a
couple of years ago).
  
 
Rasim Duric
Network Analyst (CCS)
University of Guelph
Guelph, N1G 2W1, ON
519-824-4120x53146
rduric at uoguelph.ca
-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Hayes [mailto:pat-cv at wcyv.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:50 PM
To: Rasim Duric; Voll, Scott
Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Unity networking

Woah there. You could remove the entry from the global location table, 
but, besides the risk of manually editing this, you're not really 
addressing the problem, and there's a decent chance it will come back on

the next AD sync. The uninstaller should remove the location object from

AD. Unity will see this and remove it's entry from the Global Location 
table. For any servers you can't run the uninstaller on, you can view 
your location objects in ADSIedit and find which is for which server by 
viewing the CiscoEcsbuUmServer attribute (will be the hostname of the 
server) and delete accordingly. Once the location object(s) have been 
removed, they should get removed from the table on the next sync. If 
not, or if you're impatient, you might want to try forcing a sync from 
the DC/GC tool. If they're still there after that, you're going to need 
to figure out why Unity isn't syncing with AD properly which, you know, 
is kind of important...

Rasim Duric wrote:
> The last piece would be to delete the old servers from the
> GlobalLocation table in SQL. You'll see three unity servers there. Be
> extremely careful while removing the two old servers.
>
> Rasim Duric
> Network Analyst (CCS)
> University of Guelph
> Guelph, N1G 2W1, ON
> 519-824-4120x53146
> rduric at uoguelph.ca
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Voll, Scott [mailto:Scott.Voll at wesd.org] 
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 5:38 PM
> To: Rasim Duric; Pat Hayes
> Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: RE: [cisco-voip] Unity networking
>
> OK. I went through and uninstalled UnityPBX, but my one remaining
Unity
> server sees both old (dead and gone) unity servers.  How do I remove
any
> last pieces of old Unity servers?
>
> Thanks
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rasim Duric [mailto:rduric at uoguelph.ca] 
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 7:21 AM
> To: Pat Hayes; Voll, Scott
> Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: RE: [cisco-voip] Unity networking
>
> Before running the Unity Uninstall Tool I'd undo 'Digital Networking',
> i.e. set your Dialing Domain to 'None' in the Networking -> Primary
> Location on the Unity servers and adjust your Search scopes
> appropriately.
>
> Rasim Duric
> Network Analyst (CCS)
> University of Guelph
> Guelph, N1G 2W1, ON
> 519-824-4120x53146
> rduric at uoguelph.ca
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Pat Hayes
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 9:03 AM
> To: Voll, Scott
> Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Unity networking
>
> Same procedure as a regular Unity uninstall:
>
>
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps2237/products_upgrade_g
> uides_chapter09186a0080205a8d.html
>
> As for cleaning up an improperly uninstalled system, you should
probably
>
> take a look at the help page for the uninstall tool:
>
> http://www.ciscounitytools.com/App_UninstallUnity30.htm
>
> It lists what the tool does, so you can manually do the pieces that
are 
> relevant.
>
> Voll, Scott wrote:
>   
>> I have two Unity servers that were digitally networked together.  I
am
>> now ready to turn one off for good.  They both run Unity 4.0.5 UM
>> Exchange 2003.  Can someone direct me on how to remove the one
nicely.
>> All the users are moved off.
>>
>>  
>>
>> I also had a previous Unity server that was not nicely removed.  How
>>     
> do
>   
>> I remove what's left of that one?
>>
>>  
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>  
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     
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