[cisco-voip] alternatives to Uplinx?

Sat Nov 12 17:17:07 EST 2016

I have used both Variphy and Riverbed UCExpert to do diff reporting. Both
work pretty well and have a lot more features than just config.

We went with Riverbed because it integrates with our network gear and
supports Lync too.

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   1. Re: alternatives to Uplinx? (Lelio Fulgenzi)
   2. Re: alternatives to Uplinx? (Anthony Holloway)

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Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 19:26:49 +0000
From: Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca>
To: Anthony Holloway <avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com>
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Thanks Anthony - I do like what I see, I just wanted to know if there were
others out there. It's always good to compare products.

The biggest thing I'd like to get out of the tool is to understand the
changes made between reports and by sifting through the audit logs, who's
the likely culprit.

I'm not clear on why Cisco has decided not to implement some sort of
detailed audit logging which records who made what changes and when, not
just who accessed a certain web page. With enough forethought and planning,
you could build an "undo" function. Granted, you'd likely have to undo a
set of actions, but it's better than nothing.

Lelio

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From: avholloway at gmail.com <avholloway at gmail.com> on behalf of Anthony
Holloway <avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 11:30 AM
To: Lelio Fulgenzi
Cc: voyp list, cisco-voip
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] alternatives to Uplinx?

That was a strange way to word the email.  You like what you see, but you
want an alternative?

I have an aversion to using an Uplinx report for an as-built, as it doesn't
enable you to see the forest for the trees.  Just running SELECT * FROM
numplan WHERE tkpatternusage = 3, and cramming all Translation Patterns
into 90 pages of an MS Word document, is not exactly an as-built.

That's more a problem of the usage of the tool, and not the tool itself.
In fact, the tool seems to be built really well, and it's very
customizable. Oh, and I do like how it provides explanations for each
section of the report.

What is the problem you're looking to solve with Uplinx or another similar
tool?

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca<mailto:
lelio at uoguelph.ca>> wrote:

I'm liking what I see with Uplinx. Are there others out there?

Lelio

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Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 22:11:24 -0600
From: Anthony Holloway <avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com>
To: Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca>
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Are you talking about the Uplinx Reporting tool
<https://www.uplinx.com/reporttool/> or the Backup and Change History
<https://www.uplinx.com/configuration-tracking/> tool?

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca> wrote:

>
> Thanks Anthony - I do like what I see, I just wanted to know if there were
> others out there. It's always good to compare products.
>
>
> The biggest thing I'd like to get out of the tool is to understand the
> changes made between reports and by sifting through the audit logs, who's
> the likely culprit.
>
>
> I'm not clear on why Cisco has decided not to implement some sort of
> detailed audit logging which records who made what changes and when, not
> just who accessed a certain web page. With enough forethought and
planning,
> you could build an "undo" function. Granted, you'd likely have to undo a
> set of actions, but it's better than nothing.
>
>
> Lelio
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* avholloway at gmail.com <avholloway at gmail.com> on behalf of Anthony
> Holloway <avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 10, 2016 11:30 AM
> *To:* Lelio Fulgenzi
> *Cc:* voyp list, cisco-voip
> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] alternatives to Uplinx?
>
> That was a strange way to word the email.  You like what you see, but you
> want an alternative?
>
> I have an aversion to using an Uplinx report for an as-built, as it
> doesn't enable you to see the forest for the trees.  Just running SELECT *
> FROM numplan WHERE tkpatternusage = 3, and cramming all Translation
> Patterns into 90 pages of an MS Word document, is not exactly an as-built.
>
> That's more a problem of the usage of the tool, and not the tool itself.
> In fact, the tool seems to be built really well, and it's very
> customizable. Oh, and I do like how it provides explanations for each
> section of the report.
>
> What is the problem you're looking to solve with Uplinx or another similar
> tool?
>
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 2:25 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm liking what I see with Uplinx. Are there others out there?
>>
>>
>> Lelio
>>
>>
>>
>> ---
>> Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
>> Senior Analyst, Network Infrastructure
>> Computing and Communications Services (CCS)
>> University of Guelph
>>
>> 519-824-4120 Ext 56354
>> lelio at uoguelph.ca
>> www.uoguelph.ca/ccs
>> Room 037, Animal Science and Nutrition Building
>> Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
>>
>>
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