[cisco-voip] Backup and restore procedure in VMware environment?

[Ki Wi]

Hi Scott and list members,

I found this info from cisco's wiki for UC app. Looks like it is supported
now.

Copy Virtual Machine

NOTE: support varies by app and version. Before reading the best practices
below, verify support at Supported Editions and Features of VMware vSphere
ESXi, VMware vCenter and VMware vSphere Client.

Copying a Virtual Machine (VM) copies both the virtual server configuration
and the workload (UC OS and application) running on that virtual server to
a file on networked shared storage. This allows VMs to be copied, then
subsequently modified or shut down. This feature effectively provides a
method to do full system backup/restore, take system images or revert
changes to software versions, user data and configuration changes.

        Prior to copying, the VM must first be shutdown (which will shut
down the virtual server, the UC OS and the UC application).
        If uploading a VM copy as a “whole system restore”, clustered UC
applications such as CUCM will probably require their replication to be
manually “fixed” via a CLI command.






On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:20 AM, Scott Voll <svoll.voip at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know about newer versions.... but previously a back and restore
> was your only supported option.
>
> and if you did have a snapshot / clone / etc and you used a backup to
> restore after.... the subs would all be off on there DB so you would have
> to rebuild each of them.
>
> I don't know if that has changed so take it for what it's worth.
>
> YMMV
>
> Scott
>
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Ki Wi <kiwi.voice at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey guys,
>> I'm wondering for cisco UCS, what you all have done for backup and
>> restore procedure for quickest restoration?
>>
>> Here's what i will do, correct me if I'm wrong. I only have
>> CUCM/CUC/UCCX/CUPS in the cust UCS environment.
>>
>> For Publisher ( CUCM/ CUC / UCCX/ CUPS) , i suppose after initial setup
>> is done. I can copy the VM and store the copy somewhere else such as
>> another datastore or copy it off the esxi using SFTP.
>>
>> When the publisher failed, I just need to restore the VM and restore the
>> latest DRS backup into this publisher and reset all the sub synchronization.
>>
>> For subscribers, will the steps above for publisher works? I guess I
>> would have to store their individual copies (such as 3 sub i will need 3 VM
>> copies) to avoid any IP address conflicts.
>>
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