I’ve seen a lot more folks interested in working on UC automation and custom scripting against CUCM using AXL. This is great news. Unfortunately, Python, unlike other… Read more “Getting Started with AXL Programming in Python using python-zeep”
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Updating CUCM’s Enterprise Parameters with AXL
When deploying CUCM on a regular basis, there is often a set of Enterprise Parameters common to most deployments that require configuration. These involve jumping through various… Read more “Updating CUCM’s Enterprise Parameters with AXL”
UTF-8 BOM, CUCM BAT and Other Reasons I Hate Windows
Stuck working in a customer environment without my personal laptop, or the ability to install a lot of software. Hit this bug: https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCvd21759 Basically, CUCM doesn’t… Read more “UTF-8 BOM, CUCM BAT and Other Reasons I Hate Windows”
BAT Import Fails – Unmapped Exception bad header in block 1 record 15, header magic is not ‘ustar’ or unix-style zeros
If you hit this issue when uploading a BAT file, it’s probably because your bat files are encoded in ANSI, not UTF-8. Yes, it is a CUCM… Read more “BAT Import Fails – Unmapped Exception bad header in block 1 record 15, header magic is not ‘ustar’ or unix-style zeros”
Using Multiple SSH Keys for Access Different Git Accounts
At work, I use both my companies internal GitLab and my personal GitHub account. This requires multiple ssh keys for accessing each respective account. Under Linux, this requires a… Read more “Using Multiple SSH Keys for Access Different Git Accounts”
Failure During Switch-Version: ERROR: Acquiring lock failed
Do you really want to switch between versions ? Enter (yes/no)? yes Switching Version and Restarting the Appliance … Switch version duration can vary depending on the… Read more “Failure During Switch-Version: ERROR: Acquiring lock failed”
VMware Tools 10.0 Update Failures Creates Outage – CSCux90747, CSCva09767, CSCuy84075
A friend hit this delightful defect this week: https://quickview.cloudapps.cisco.com/quickview/bug/CSCva09767 https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCux90747/?referring_site=bugquickviewclick https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCuy84075/?referring_site=bugquickviewredir There are several workarounds, but ultimately there’s a COP file for this – ciscocm.VMwareTools2016c.cop.sgn. The… Read more “VMware Tools 10.0 Update Failures Creates Outage – CSCux90747, CSCva09767, CSCuy84075”
Adding Self-Signed Certificates to Ubuntu Trust Store
I’ve been testing AXL calls using Python, and encountered the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File “./axl_test.py”, line 14, in <module> result = client.service.listPhone({‘name’:’SEP%’},{‘name’:”,’model’:”})… Read more “Adding Self-Signed Certificates to Ubuntu Trust Store”
CSCux67499 – SQL NullPointer Exception causes CUC Subscriber Sync Failures
The later version (11.0 – 11.2) of PCP have a fairly painful caveat when it comes to Unity Connection. CUC is currently afflicted by a(nother) horrid Informix… Read more “CSCux67499 – SQL NullPointer Exception causes CUC Subscriber Sync Failures”
