[cisco-voip] CUCM Pre-Upgrade Checklist

[Anthony Holloway]

I was mostly making fun of the "free FTDP" when it should have been
"freeFTPd."  However, I appreciate you breathing new life into this.

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 2:34 PM Ryan Ratliff (rratliff) <rratliff at cisco.com>
wrote:

> Just filed CSCvj14739 to see if they will update the docs. Given the last
> release of FreeFTPd was a number of years ago there’s no guarantee it will
> happen, but that doesn’t mean it won’t work any longer.
>
> -Ryan
>
> On Apr 24, 2018, at 3:10 PM, Ryan Huff <ryanhuff at outlook.com> wrote:
>
> It was the 1GB max per transaction file size, but was then fixed. I don’t
> think they’ve restricted their cipher suites either, so I think it still
> works with CBC-Blowfish and other older/weaker suites .... which is why
> folks like it on CUCM; might not be the most secure but it just works.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 24, 2018, at 15:06, Ryan Ratliff (rratliff) <rratliff at cisco.com>
> wrote:
>
> I vaguely recall something changing with FreeFTPd that specifically broke
> our DRS and that’s why it’s no longer supported.
> i don’t know if it was a max file size or something else.
>
> -Ryan
>
> On Apr 24, 2018, at 12:33 PM, Anthony Holloway <
> avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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