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class=590255816-10042008>Scott - It is always best eliminate reliance on
DNS. Of course, some organizations may require it.
HTH</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=590255816-10042008>Dave</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Scott Voll [mailto:svoll.voip@gmail.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 10, 2008 11:09 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Ryan
Ratliff<BR><B>Cc:</B> Dave; cisco-voip@puck.nether.net; Louis Koekemoer (ZA);
Frazee, Timoth y<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [cisco-voip] Subscriber refusing to join
cluster<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>So for those of us that will be upgrading to 6.x............ which is the
better method? With or Without DNS. </DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks</DIV>
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<DIV>Scott<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 6:31 AM, Ryan Ratliff <<A
href="mailto:rratliff@cisco.com">rratliff@cisco.com</A>> wrote:<BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">DNS
is not required for CUCM. That said if you have configured a
DNS<BR>server it is required that the server be able to do a dns
reverse<BR>lookup on itself and every other server in the cluster. So
if<BR>configure a DNS server during installation, DNS has to be
operating<BR>properly. If you don't configure a DNS server, then don't
worry<BR>about it as the hosts file on each server should get populated
with<BR>IP address and hostname info during install.<BR><BR>Did you add the
subscriber to System->Server on the pub before the<BR>install? This
is what allows the sub to talk to the pub's database,<BR>etc. That error
sure sounds like a connectivity issue.<BR><FONT
color=#888888><BR>-Ryan<BR></FONT>
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<DIV class=Wj3C7c><BR>On Apr 6, 2008, at 3:58 PM, Dave wrote:<BR>I have run v6
before without DNS, and had no issues. I cannot locate<BR>the
documentation where DNS is a requirement. AFAIK, you just need<BR>to
change all IP addresses in the Enterprise Parameters to their IP<BR>addresses
(Cisco's recommendation).<BR><BR>- original message -<BR>Subject:
Re: [cisco-voip] Subscriber refusing to join
cluster<BR>From: "Louis Koekemoer (ZA)" <<A
href="mailto:Louis.Koekemoer@za.didata.com">Louis.Koekemoer@za.didata.com</A>><BR>Date:
04/06/2008 5:08 PM<BR><BR>Yip, the are on
the same subnet, same 6500 switch. Publisher is x.x.x.<BR>10 and subscriber
x.x.x.11. I see Chris mentioned that DNS is<BR>required in 6.x. I don't know
if this is applicable to 5.x as well. I<BR>cannot remember that I had to do
this the previous time I've done<BR>this, but will give it a go as soon as I
can.<BR><BR><BR>Kind Regards<BR><BR>Louis Koekemoer<BR>Cisco IPT Systems
Engineer<BR>Dimension Data South Africa<BR> +27 11 575 6560<BR>+
+27 76 608 7221<BR> <A
href="mailto:louis.koekemoer@za.didata.com">louis.koekemoer@za.didata.com</A><BR><BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: Jonathan Charles [mailto:<A
href="mailto:jonvoip@gmail.com">jonvoip@gmail.com</A>]<BR>Sent: 06 April 2008
04:08 PM<BR>To: Louis Koekemoer (ZA)<BR>Cc: Frazee, Timothy; <A
href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</A><BR>Subject:
Re: [cisco-voip] Subscriber refusing to join cluster<BR><BR>See, that part
helps.<BR><BR>OK, are these two on the same subnet? Are they separated by a
firewall?<BR><BR><BR><BR>Jonathan<BR><BR>On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Louis
Koekemoer (ZA)<BR><<A
href="mailto:Louis.Koekemoer@za.didata.com">Louis.Koekemoer@za.didata.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>> Sorry, I forgot to mention it is
CCM5.1(3)<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Kind Regards<BR>><BR>>
Louis Koekemoer<BR>> Cisco IPT Systems Engineer<BR>>
Dimension Data South Africa<BR>> +27 11 575 6560<BR>>
+ +27 76 608 7221<BR>> <A
href="mailto:louis.koekemoer@za.didata.com">louis.koekemoer@za.didata.com</A><BR>><BR>><BR>>
-----Original Message-----<BR>><BR>> From: Frazee, Timothy
[mailto:<A
href="mailto:Timothy_Frazee@adp.com">Timothy_Frazee@adp.com</A>]<BR>>
Sent: 06 April 2008 02:44 PM<BR>> To: Louis Koekemoer (ZA);
Jonathan Charles<BR>> Cc: <A
href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</A><BR>><BR>><BR>>
Subject: RE: [cisco-voip] Subscriber refusing to join cluster<BR>><BR>>
I think Jonathan meant to add and entry to either<BR>>
winnt/system32/drivers/etc/hosts or
windows/system32/drivers/etc/<BR>> hosts<BR>><BR>> Assuming you
have a 3.x or 4.x server.<BR>><BR>> You didn't tell anyone what
flavor of callmanager your working with.<BR>><BR>><BR>>
-----Original Message-----<BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</A><BR>>
[mailto:<A
href="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</A>]
On Behalf Of Louis<BR>> Koekemoer<BR>> (ZA)<BR>> Sent:
Sunday, April 06, 2008 10:33 PM<BR>> To: Jonathan Charles<BR>>
Cc: <A
href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</A><BR>>
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Subscriber refusing to join
cluster<BR>><BR>> Hi Jonathan,<BR>><BR>> But if the
Subscriber is not fully installed, how can I add a<BR>> hostname<BR>>
for Publisher on it? What I have done is on the Publisher I after
the<BR>> 2nd attempt, I removed subscriber totally, reloaded
Publisher, and<BR>> added<BR>> the subscriber on the hostname, and
I also added another entry on<BR>> the IP<BR>> address. This
obviously was also not successful. The thing is just<BR>> that<BR>>
I have done this before, and it was so easy. I really suspect
some<BR>> network or hardware issue here. I'm trying to locate
another<BR>> server to<BR>> try and eliminate the server hardware
as a possibility.<BR>><BR>><BR>> Kind Regards<BR>><BR>>
Louis Koekemoer<BR>> Cisco IPT Systems Engineer<BR>>
Dimension Data South Africa<BR>> +27 11 575 6560<BR>>
+ +27 76 608 7221<BR>> <A
href="mailto:louis.koekemoer@za.didata.com">louis.koekemoer@za.didata.com</A><BR>><BR>>
-----Original Message-----<BR>> From: Jonathan Charles
[mailto:<A href="mailto:jonvoip@gmail.com">jonvoip@gmail.com</A>]<BR>>
Sent: 06 April 2008 02:25 PM<BR>> To: Louis Koekemoer
(ZA)<BR>> Cc: <A
href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</A><BR>>
Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Subsciber refusing to join
cluster<BR>><BR>> Add a hosts entry on both to each
other.<BR>><BR>><BR>> Jonathan<BR>><BR>> On Sun,
Apr 6, 2008 at 5:06 AM, Louis Koekemoer (ZA)<BR>> <<A
href="mailto:Louis.Koekemoer@za.didata.com">Louis.Koekemoer@za.didata.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> I need help
on adding a subscriber server to a cluster. I did create<BR>>
the<BR>>> subscriber on the Publisher, and after some time
installing<BR>> subscriber, at<BR>>> the point of joining to
Publisher I get the following message "The<BR>>> configuration
validation with ZAMDH06056 (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.) failed.<BR>>
The<BR>>> server could not send /receive UDP packets to the
Publisher on port<BR>> 8500. Is<BR>>> network connection to
ZADMH06056 up? Is the MTU size correct for this<BR>>> network? Does the
network allow packet fragments?" We can ping this<BR>>
server<BR>>> from the voice VLAN, and I can ping Subscriber IP
from Publisher, so<BR>> we<BR>>> don't think we have network
connectivity issues here.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Kind
Regards<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>
Louis<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> This email and all
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