[cisco-voip] CUCM CAC Locations Usage Report

[Ryan Ratliff (rratliff)]

LBM is part of the new enhanced locations CAC feature. Combined with the transition of locations from a fixed hub & spoke model to locations & links It moves bandwidth allocation outside of the ccm process and allows multiple clusters to run on the same network and exchange bandwidth allocation info so they can stay in sync.

It’s a bit more overhead setting up BUT it allows you to accurately model your real network.

-Ryan

On Aug 30, 2016, at 9:22 PM, NateCCIE <nateccie at gmail.com<mailto:nateccie at gmail.com>> wrote:

Isn't LBM for syncing to VCS?

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On Aug 30, 2016, at 4:31 PM, Anthony Holloway <avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com<mailto:avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com>> wrote:

Yeah, I'm also aware of the perform logging, and I'm not a fan of it.  From back when I did it on UCCX to trend JVM Heap usage, it was a pain in the ass to collect, consolidate (because it was multiple files), and view (you have to make sense of it).  Unless you know of an easier way, I'm all ears.

Also, consider the scariness where I have not activated LBM on any nodes (oh my god, what?), but I have been creating locations (effectively unlimited BW), and before I turn on Locations Based CAC, I want to get a base line of traffic patterns.  Well, then Perfmon is not going to help me, as these statistics wont be collected with LBM activated.  I know from experience.

If I have to roll my own tool, I will, but I just thought...I don't know why...but I just thought there might be a built in report/way/mechanism to get this.

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Brian Meade <bmeade90 at vt.edu<mailto:bmeade90 at vt.edu>> wrote:
You can set up RTMT to log the data locally in a CSV- http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/service/7_1_2/rtmt/RTMT/rtconfpm.html#wp1057823

Unfortunately, the counters you're looking for aren't accessible via the server-stored Perfmon logs.

You could also collect these counters through the Serviceability XML API and store them somewhere- http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/devguide/9_1_1/xmldev-911/serviceability.html

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Ryan Huff <ryanhuff at outlook.com<mailto:ryanhuff at outlook.com>> wrote:
You'd probably be looking at a billing application that can parse and graph CDRs at that point ... IMHO.

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On Aug 30, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Anthony Holloway <avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com<mailto:avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com>> wrote:

Thanks Ryan.  I should have mentioned that I am already in RTMT (Why no "Current Bandwidth Usage" counter Cisco?), but what I'm really looking for is, historical reporting.  I need to answer the question: Have calls between any of our sites began to increase or decrease since the introduction of a new tool?  For example, if we deploy Jabber+CSF, will that increase or decrease our intra-company calls?  One could guess it would decrease, since Instant Messaging is now introduced into the environment, but if there's a CSF for convenience, and now video for rich media communications, maybe it actually increases.  I'd like to report on this, instead of doing the typical thing of pushing my usage statistics on the entire user community.  "I don't think many people are using video, because I don't use video."

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Ryan Huff <ryanhuff at outlook.com<mailto:ryanhuff at outlook.com>> wrote:

Anthony,


Although not likely what you are looking for (at least in the consumption method), there are a couple of performance counters you might be able to look at; Location LBM\BandwidthAvailable and Location LBM\VideoBandwidthAvailable. Subtracted from the configured amount, should yield usage.


= Ryan =
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Subject: [cisco-voip] CUCM CAC Locations Usage Report

I'm not finding much, and I'll keep looking, but does anyone know how to get a bandwidth usage report between locations?  E.g., Peak audio/video/immersive bandwidth consumption between all sites.

Thanks.


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