[cisco-voip] CUCM Pre-Upgrade Checklist

[Ryan Huff]

While I understand the purpose and intention of a temporary DRS target; I’d be hesitant to use the ESXi server itself.

All things temporary become permanent, especially in the SMB space :).

Though, I will admit it’s an awfully convenient Linux server in a pinch ;).

-Ryan-

On Apr 24, 2018, at 19:22, Charles Goldsmith <wokka at justfamily.org<mailto:wokka at justfamily.org>> wrote:

Nothing better than having a pair of linux VM's to backup to, in geographically diverse locations :)

For a temporary backup or COP source, enable ssh on the esxi host or I use my macbook as the sftp server.


On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 6:51 PM Anthony Holloway <avholloway+cisco-voip at gmail.com<mailto:avholloway%2Bcisco-voip at gmail.com>> wrote:
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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto:avholloway%2Bcisco-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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