Let’s see, it has been a while since the last time you heard from me, but this time I will spare you the excuse!
What is a Zero Downtime Upgrade? This is an upgrade where no matter from which version of VOS (CUCM, UNITY, and UCCX) you are coming from can be done with very little or zero downtime
The Reasoning behind Look I have always worked with companies that like their stuff done quickly, efficiently and with minimal downtime. I’m also very lazy, or very practical, so if I don’t have to spend all night doing an upgrade, I simply don’t do it. Now, like everything else, there are a lot of exceptions to the scenario I will be going over on this Post, so keep reading!
So, the question is, what is a better choice to get started with a Lab, and begin creating your own configurations? - Here is a list of the benefits from a Cloud Vs Home Lab
The difference between a Cloud lab and a Home lab Cloud Lab (dCLoud and DevNet) If you are one of those weird people that don’t want to run CUCM, UNITY Connection, IM & Presence, Jabber and other UC apps in your house, you are in luck. Cisco dCloud + Devnet Sandboxes are what you are in the business for.
Building a Collaboration lab is a big decision and cost could be keeping you from getting started. Recently I received a request from a friend on FB about how to get started.
Well, there are many options and many questions, one of the questions is the licensing piece. Cisco licensing is expensive if you plan to go crazy (like me) and have your home using all the goodies you already use at work.
In case you were wondering, if there was a way to change the name of a Unity Connection server… of course there is a way… Now, the question is, would you do it?
So in this case I will go with the Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment to even think about tackling this one. Seems that there is a function that will assist you on doing that. I guess I will definitely take a look at that and share my experience with you in the near future, as I keep advancing on creating more content that is keeping me distracted, but hang in there, cools stuff is coming soon :)
I’m very excited to announce that the Collaboration Engineer site is evolving into a solution repository for Engineers, I started this project as a way for me to document my studies and achieve my CCIE in Collaboration. I completed my task few months ago, along the way I was introduced to exciting technologies and interesting things into the Cisco Collaboration arena, and I now feel that I want to share all things have come across, and introduce it to whomever will make use of the information I will be blogging about.
While my experience on my first attempt was not the brightest one because I failed, I was able to open my mind and think on endless possibilities and maybe potential recommendations. I hope this helps other with their studies and strategies.
Studying and Muscle Memory: Do you studying… I think many instructors across the globe could not stress this one enough… but its right, going into the Lab with just few practice is not enough, muscle memory plays and interesting role on your experience. The need to know your IOS commands without Context Sensitive help is key (this one got me very bad).
In order to organize myself for my lab preparation I need to work on my speed and accuracy, so I created quick and very general Lab outlines, which will be covering CUCM as of now. I created them so that I can guide myself and know where to begin, where to stop and don’t burn myself (hoping this strategy to work!!)
I know I’m missing lots and lots of information and study domains, such as QoS and yes, QoS… Infrastructure and Multicast… I do feel confident with the Network infrastructure configuration, but need more work on QoS and Multicast, if you know of good QoS labs let me know… enjoy!
