09-27-2006 10:12 AM - edited 03-13-2019 03:08 PM
What is everyone using for the Backup functionality for Callmanager 5.0(4)? I used to just backup to a network share in 4.1, now that is not an option. Also is there any way to use standard ftp in callmanager 5.0(4) for backups? Any thoughts? I tried to use IIS and it didn't even seem to hit the IIS server.
09-28-2006 06:16 AM
Hi Jim,
Have you seen this info from the release notes for CCM 5.0(4);
Some Cisco Unified CallManager services, such as CDR, DRF, and DMA, require a separate FTP or SFTP server. The following FTP server programs have been tested with Cisco Unified CallManager 5.0.
Openssh Server by Red Hat, Inc., Version 3.6.1p2, Release 33.30.4
Cygwin SFTP Server, Version 2.457.2.2 with cygwin.dll Version, 1.5.16
War FTP Daemon Version 1.82, by Jgaa's Freeware on Microsoft Windows server
FTP Publishing Service in Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.0, Version 1.0 on a Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
From this CCM 5.0(4) doc;
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/voicesw/ps556/prod_release_note09186a00806cfa62.html#wp298402
Hope this helps!
Rob
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09-28-2006 12:56 PM
Ok, I have tried several of these programs including War FTP Daemon as well as several versions of IIS on both Win2k and Win2k3 server. I'm not even seeing the connection from the callmanager server on the ftp server, it is as if the callmanager is not even hitting hte ftp server. Is there anything specific I need to setup in IIS to make it accept sftp connections? My thought is that for some reason it is only accepting standard ftp and not secure ftp.
09-30-2006 02:29 PM
I was able to make backups and file transfers work using a product called Titan FTP Server. I like my SecureCRT client, so I'll try their product called Vshell next. These are trial licenses though...I still haven't found any freeware versions (unless any listed in the release notes are - haven't tried those yet).
12-27-2006 10:38 AM
Can you tell me what you did type in the "path name" field. /Mattias
01-03-2007 12:49 PM
Finally got it working using freeFTPd as the sftp server.
Set path name to . (yes just a single period)
Anything else caused an error "unable to access sftp server".
Only wasted 3 days on this - ARGHH!!!
Manual backup worked fine.
e-mail me if you need more details.....Mike
01-03-2007 01:15 PM
CCM5 Backup to a Secure FTP Server
Author: Mike Malloy Date: 01/03/2007 Revision: 1
Introduction
This document describes the basic steps to backup a CCM5 to a Secure FTP (SFTP) server.
CCM5 supports ONLY SFTP to perform network backups!!!
Tools Needed
Laptop with SFTP Server software - freeFTPd used for this doc.
Procedure
Install and configure freeFTPd
01. Download from http://www.freeftpd.com/ - approx 829M
02. Install freeFTPd
- select YES to create keys
- select NO to run as service
03. Launch freeFTPd using desktop icon it will start minimized on System Tray.
04. Configure freeFTPd
- add user
- configure logging
- verify keys
- Start the SFTP server
05. Verify SFTP server running
06. Right click icon to configure or quit freeFTPd
Configure Storage Location on CCM5 Disaster Recovery System
01. Use Internet Explorer to Access DRS from CCMAdmin or directly at https://ipaddr/drf
02. Login name and password is the SERVER login name NOT the CCMAdministrator.
03. Configure Network Storage Location
- if sftp server connection test fails, you?ll see error in Status box
04. freeFTPd logfile will show possible failure reasons
- in this case, dir change was unsuccessful due to bad path name
05. freeFTPd logfile showing successful Storage Location update.
- Note: login was successful, but it always shows 3 access denied why?!?!?
Perform Manual Backup
01. Start Manual Backup
02. Watch as tar files are created.
03. Watch progress bar as tar files are copied to sftp server
04. Verify backup complete.
Verify files exist on sftp server
My PUB and 1 SUB created 17 files.
Notes on freeFTPd logfile
!!! Shortly after backup starts see these lines repeated about 3 times
01-03-2007 11:14:19 IP 172.30.1.201 SFTP sbc is changing dir to / (C:\backccm\)
01-03-2007 11:14:19 IP 172.30.1.201 SFTP sbc is listing / (C:\backccm\dUmmI_Drf)
01-03-2007 11:14:19 IP 172.30.1.201 SFTP sbc is deleting /dUmmI_Drf (C:\backccm\dUmmI_Drf)
!!! About 6 mins after backup started, see this line
01-03-2007 11:20:21 IP 172.30.1.201 SFTP sbc is listing / (C:\backccm\*.xml)
!!! This is first file uploaded
01-03-2007 11:20:23 IP 172.30.1.201 SFTP sbc is uploading /./2007-01-03-11-15-08_pcsd-pub_ccm_bat.tar (C:\backccm\2007-01-03-11-15-08_pcsd-pub_ccm_bat.tar)
!!! See a few more files uploaded, and then see this sequence repeated about 70 times over a 6 min period ?!?!?
!!! List grows to include files from SUB
01-03-2007 11:26:05 IP 172.30.1.201 SFTP sbc connected
01-03-2007 11:26:05 IP 172.30.1.201 SFTP sbc is changing dir to / (C:\backccm\)
01-03-2007 11:26:05 IP 172.30.1.201 SFTP sbc is listing / (C:\backccm\2007-01-03-11-15-08_drfComponent.xml)
01-03-2007 11:26:05 IP 172.30.1.201 SFTP sbc is uploading /./2007-01-03-11-15-08_drfComponent.xml (C:\backccm\2007-01-03-11-15-08_drfComponent.xml)
01-03-2007 11:26:05 IP 172.30.1.201 SFTP sbc transfer complete
01-03-2007 11:26:05 IP 172.30.1.201 SFTP sbc disconnected
!
!Manual backup COMPLETE!!!
!
Watching freeFTPd Online Users shows 1 user logged in from start of backup AND a 2nd user with same name BRIEFLY appears about every 30 secs then disappears?!?!?
E-mail me if you want pretty file with screenshots...Mike
01-03-2007 01:39 PM
Hi Mike,
Thanks for posting back with such a great detailed breakdown. You get my 5 points for this one for sure!
Take care,
Rob
01-04-2007 03:33 AM
Thanks Mike!
Finally the backup works, I will give you 5 points for this. I passed ccie voice 2 weeks ago and thought I knew it all :)
/Mattias
01-23-2007 10:50 PM
Hey guys,
I have an sftp server set up and it works fine when I log into it, but when CCM connects it just times out. It think the sftp server sends the certificate but CCM doensnt accept it. Can anyone tell me how to get CCM to accept the cert?
PS to developers of CCM5: sftp everything is easily the most frustrating feature of CCM5, can we please just have the option of normal ftp / file share / etc :)
10-16-2006 05:05 AM
Hi,
I have had the occasion to install a SFTP server for Callmanager 5.0.(4) backup. In fact, there is no way to use a FTP server. I have installed this one : Cygwin + OpenSSH. You'll find more informations on this site : http://www.chinese-watercolor.com/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html
It works well.
Good Luck
01-03-2007 03:55 PM
After much searching I found that FreeSSHd http://www.freesshd.com/ works great for using as an SFTP server for Callmanager, it runs on the windows platform and even better it's free. The only thing to keep in mind are the path setup previously mentioned, make sure you use a . directory for the root or ./directory if you are using a subdirectory. That and to make sure it runs all the time make sure you set it up as a service to save having to keep your server logged in all the time. It's kind of simplistic but does exactly what we need.
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