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User Data Dump

Rick Forrester
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Hi been asked to produce a report by one of our customers which from searching the Web I should be able to get from using User Data Dump or Subscriber information dump.

I have installed both on a Windows XP SP3 machine with the IBM drivers.

When I try to run Subscriber Information Dump it says I can't run it on this version of Windows

While with User Data Dump is gives System error  27001

Which is either wrong username or password. Having checked through all the trouble shooting and what needs to be done for it to work I am sure that I am using the right username and password with the right permissions and right services running.

Anyone got any ideas of where I can look or try to get this one resolved?

Thanks

Rick

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lindborg
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Subscriber Information Dump is for Unity and it needs to run on the Unity box itself (Windows based) - so presumably you're trying to run that on another client box which is what it's complaining about there - expected behavior.

User Data Dump is for attaching to a remote Connection server, that's the guy you want.  The help file has a section on troubleshooting remote connection that goes through common issues - making sure the port is not blocked by a firewall, making sure the ODBC proxy is turned on and running, ensuring your account with remote access configured does not have their password set to reset at next login and a few other common issues to look for.

Explains why I could not get subscriber to work, I have checked all that on User Data Dump and it is still not working.

I have been trying from an XP workstation, do I need to try it from an actual Windows Server?

Thanks

Rick

Rob Huffman
Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame

Hi Rick,

You should be just fine running CUDD from an XP workstation

Did you go through these steps

Connecting to Unity Connection 7.x or Later

For installations of 7.0(1) and later you need to use the database proxy service for access to the database from off box for any DB tool including User Data Dump.

Task 1: Configure a User without a mailbox with the Remote Administrator and System Administrator roles

  • •1.     Go to the Cisco Unity Connection Administration web interface for your installation.
  • •2.     You can leverage a user with or without a mailbox for off box data access purposes, but it’s strongly suggested that you create a new user without a mailbox that is used solely for the purpose of remote administration tasks for security reasons. This is also required if you want to export messages from a Connection 7.0(2) or later server – a user with a mailbox may not be allowed to extract messages from other mailboxes, whereas a user without a mailbox should have no problem.
  • •3.     Be sure the web administration password for this user is not configured to require a change at first login on the “Password Policy” page for that user.
  • •4.     If necessary, change the web administration password on the “Change Password” page. Note that only the web application password comes into play for remote data access.
  • •5.     Finally, on the “Role” page for the user, add the “Remote Administrator” and the “System Administrator” roles to the “Assigned Roles” list and save. You can assign any or all other roles as well but for the purposes of remote access to the database and making updates to users those two are necessary.

Task 2: Set the Database Proxy Service Shutdown Time

Out of the box the database proxy service is not running and if you try to start the service it will shut down right away. First you need to set the “Database Proxy: Service Shutdown Timer” value found in the System Settings -> Advanced -> Connection Administration section of the Cisco Unity Connection Administration page. By default this is 0. You can set it to as high as 999 days if you like. After the number of days configured here the remote database proxy service will shut down. This is useful if you want to do some migration work, for instance, and don’t want to forget to have the service disabled for security reasons.

NOTE: If you restart the server, the remote database proxy service will remain shut off. After a system restart you have to go in and manually turn on the service again (see step 3)

Task 3: Activate the Remote Database Proxy Service

  • •1.     Out of the box the service that listens to remote database requests is not active, you must turn it on. To do this, go to the “Cisco Unity Connection Serviceability” web admin page.
  • •2.     On the Tools menu, select the “Service Management” page.
  • •3.     The “Connection Database Proxy” item under the “Optional Services” section will be marked as “Deactivated” and stopped. Press the “Activate” button and it will be activated and started automatically.

Once you’ve started the proxy service you can connect with any tool that needs off box database access using the user name, web administration password and port “20532”.

NOTE: The service will automatically shut down after the number of days configured in step 2 above or if you restart the server.

Task 4: Login to the Remote Server

When you first start User Data Dump, you will see a login dialog box that will be empty except for port 20532 filled in as the default for the port. You must provide the server name or IP address for the “Server” field and provide the login and password for the database connection account. Use the alias and web administration password of the database user created above for the login and password fields.

User Data Dump will remember your entries including the password (which is stored in a secure hash). Each time you run User Data Dump it will load the settings of the last connection you made. Every server you’ve successfully connected to in the past will be listed in the drop down list in the order in which you connected to it last – most recent to least recent.

NOTE: The login and password information is stored along with the local Windows login name. Only those servers that have been attached to successfully using the current Windows login will be listed. If you are logging into the same Windows server with different users you will only see servers connected to with that particular Windows login.

NOTE: Providing the wrong password or login will fail quickly and give you a chance to try a different pair. Providing an incorrect server or port, however, results in a 60 second timeout while UDD waits for the Informix driver to return. Unfortunately this cannot be shorted. Type carefully.

http://www.ciscounitytools.com/Applications/CxN/UserDataDump/Help/UserDataDump.htm#_Toc320093148

Cheers!

Rob

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Rick Forrester
Level 1
Level 1

Hi Rob,

The above is what I followed when we set up User Dump, however it still refuses to work.

I am thinking that I have missed something in the setting up of the Informix drivers, but am at a lost to see what is wrong with the setup of the drivers

Thanks

Rick

I have now gone back to trying to use cudli first, when I run it I get the following:

Any ideas what I have done wrong?