[cisco-voip] DRS Backups - File & Database Record Extraction

[Charles Goldsmith]

I like how he just got almost everyone on this list to follow him on
twitter :)

guilty as charged, in case he does create the restore utility

On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 4:03 PM, Pete Brown <jpb at chykn.com> wrote:

> That's pretty slick!  Well commented, too.  Thanks for sharing.
>
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> *From:* Anthony Holloway <avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, November 17, 2017 3:51 PM
> *To:* Pete Brown
> *Cc:* cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> *Subject:* Re: [cisco-voip] DRS Backups - File & Database Record
> Extraction
>
> This is a good time to remind people that they could use automation tools
> to download the scripts and prompts outside of DRS all together.
>
> https://twitter.com/avholloway45633/status/647450649353846784
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> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 1:17 PM Pete Brown <jpb at chykn.com> wrote:
>
> An update for those who have asked about extracting database
> records directly from DRS backups.  I've had some success reading BLOB
> data from Informix ontape files, so we can read flat files from the TARs as
> well as files stored as BLOB fields in Informix.  It's working well
> enough to extract prompt & script files from a sample UCCX 9 backup.
> Definitely not stable enough to release, but it's getting there.
>
> The next step is to design an interface which allows users to open DRS
> backups and browse the contents.  Think DRS Message Fisher, but for
> reading UCCX and CUCM backups as well.  Since the tools are free and I
> can't exactly afford a design team, this is where I could use some
> assistance from the community.
>
> Please let me know if you're interested in providing some creative input
> on a UI.  Have an idea about how you'd want to browse and extract data?
> Put it in a Visio.  Sketch it out in MS Paint.  Scribble it on a napkin.
> Whatever works.  Have some C# experience and want to create a mockup?
> Bless you.  One day you'll be an unsung hero to some poor soul who
> accidentally overwrites the wrong script in UCCX and relies on your work to
> save their bacon.
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
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