[cisco-voip] CUCM Pre-Upgrade Checklist

[Anthony Holloway]

I just noticed Cisco now supports freeFTPd, but they stopped supporting my
favorite SFTP product "free FTDP."  :(

"Cisco does not support using the SFTP product free FTDP."

Source: same document

On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:38 PM Anthony Holloway <
avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone seen this lately?  This thing is nuts.  I've been doing
> upgrades for like 10 years now, and this seems a little over the top.
>
>
> https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucm/upgrade/11_5_1/cucm_b_upgrade-guide-cucm-115/cucm_b_upgrade-guide-cucm-115_chapter_010001.html
>
> Some Highlights:
>
> "If you have custom ringtones or background images in the TFTP directory,
> you need to create a separate backup for these files. They are not included
> in the Disaster Recovery System (DRS) backup file."
>
> Good to know.  I must admit that I didn't know that.
>
> "Record the following login and password information: all application
> users credentials, such as DRS, AXL, and accounts for other third-party
> integration"
>
> What?  Why?  What do you plan on doing with my configuration?
>
> "Record the settings for Enterprise Parameters on both [CM] nodes and
> [IM&P] nodes. [T]he settings that are configured on Unified Communications
> Manager nodes overwrite the settings configured on IM and Presence Service
> nodes during the upgrade process."
>
> Well that's some lazy software engineering right there folks.
>
> "Export user records using the Bulk Administration Tool (BAT)."
>
> That's a nice list of users you got there.  It would be a shame if this
> upgrade deleted all of them.
>
> And the list just goes on, and on, and on.  The pre-upgrade is as long as
> the upgrade.  Who legitimately is already doing 100% of these things?
>
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